ZIP 25401 recorded 189 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,318 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Berkeley County, WV.
1,318 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 248 | |
| 2022 | 311 | |
| 2023 | 264 | |
| 2024 | 306 | |
| 2025 | 189 |
Jun peaks. Sep dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 25401 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vehicle accident, general cleanup | 278 | 21.1% | |
| 2 | Power line down | 171 | 13.0% | |
| 3 | Building fires | 163 | 12.4% | |
| 4 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 65 | 4.9% | |
| 5 | Electrical wiring/equipment problem, other | 65 | 4.9% |
For the 6 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 25401 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Outside area, other | 67 | 20.1% | |
| 2 | Cooking area, kitchen | 44 | 13.2% | |
| 3 | Undetermined | 29 | 8.7% | |
| 4 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 21 | 6.3% | |
| 5 | Other | 14 | 4.2% | |
| 6 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 13 | 3.9% | |
| 7 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 11 | 3.3% | |
| 8 | Wall surface: exterior | 10 | 3.0% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 124 | 37.2% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 161 | 48.3% | |
| 2 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 30 | 9.0% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 29 | 8.7% | |
| 4 | Arcing | 20 | 6.0% | |
| 5 | Hot ember or ash | 16 | 4.8% | |
| 6 | Cigarette lighter | 15 | 4.5% | |
| 7 | Heat source: other | 11 | 3.3% | |
| 8 | Cigarette | 11 | 3.3% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 40 | 12.0% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 25401 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 1195% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 2 | $125,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 3 | $120,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 4 | $80,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 5 | $75,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 6 | $75,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 7 | $75,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 8 | $60,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 25401.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Martinsburg | 1,306 | |
| 2 | Charles Town | 1 | |
| 3 | Shepherdstown | 1 |
The figures above are historical. For today's air quality, fire-weather warnings, and active fires, go to the official sources.
NFIRS reports each fire incident with a 5-digit address ZIP. We aggregate those rows directly to produce ZIP-level totals — 1,318 incidents in this ZIP across 2021–2025. Building-fire breakdowns (Area of Origin, Heat Source, ignition cause) only count fires investigators classified beyond the basic incident report. Because NFIRS reporting is voluntary, totals are a strong indicator rather than a complete census.