ZIP 27298 recorded 149 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 613 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Alamance County, NC.
613 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 113 | |
| 2022 | 147 | |
| 2023 | 90 | |
| 2024 | 114 | |
| 2025 | 149 |
Jan peaks. May dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 27298 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 173 | 28.2% | |
| 2 | Power line down | 56 | 9.1% | |
| 3 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 51 | 8.3% | |
| 4 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 50 | 8.2% | |
| 5 | Passenger vehicle fire | 32 | 5.2% |
For the 36 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 27298 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 41 | 22.3% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 28 | 15.2% | |
| 3 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 28 | 15.2% | |
| 4 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 16 | 8.7% | |
| 5 | Cooking area, kitchen | 13 | 7.1% | |
| 6 | Laundry area, wash house (laundry) | 5 | 2.7% | |
| 7 | Vehicle area, other | 5 | 2.7% | |
| 8 | Wildland, woods | 5 | 2.7% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 43 | 23.4% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 84 | 45.7% | |
| 2 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 14 | 7.6% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 12 | 6.5% | |
| 4 | Arcing | 11 | 6.0% | |
| 5 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 9 | 4.9% | |
| 6 | Heat source: other | 8 | 4.3% | |
| 7 | Hot ember or ash | 7 | 3.8% | |
| 8 | Chemical reaction | 7 | 3.8% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 32 | 17.4% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 27298 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 2256% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $130,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 2 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 3 | $75,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 4 | $75,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 5 | $59,700 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2024 | Significant |
| 6 | $50,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 7 | $40,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 8 | $40,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2024 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 27298.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Liberty | 574 | |
| 2 | Staley | 13 | |
| 3 | Ramseur | 5 | |
| 4 | Franklinville | 2 |
Some ZIPs span multiple counties. The primary above is the largest by population weight; secondary counties are below.
| County | State | Weight | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Randolph County | NC | 1.00 | FIPS 37151 |
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 — 613 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.