ZIP 27519 recorded 128 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 881 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Wake County, NC. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Moderate.
881 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 184 | |
| 2022 | 176 | |
| 2023 | 198 | |
| 2024 | 195 | |
| 2025 | 128 |
Apr peaks. Feb dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 27519 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 200 | 22.7% | |
| 2 | Building fires | 101 | 11.5% | |
| 3 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 56 | 6.4% | |
| 4 | Arcing, shorted electrical equipment | 49 | 5.6% | |
| 5 | Carbon monoxide incident | 47 | 5.3% |
For the 12 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 27519 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 39 | 15.2% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 34 | 13.2% | |
| 3 | Cooking area, kitchen | 28 | 10.9% | |
| 4 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 28 | 10.9% | |
| 5 | Undetermined | 21 | 8.2% | |
| 6 | Wildland, woods | 16 | 6.2% | |
| 7 | Chute/container - trash, rubbish, waste | 15 | 5.8% | |
| 8 | Courtyard, patio, porch, terrace | 13 | 5.1% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 63 | 24.5% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 103 | 40.1% | |
| 2 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 32 | 12.5% | |
| 3 | Hot ember or ash | 19 | 7.4% | |
| 4 | Arcing | 13 | 5.1% | |
| 5 | Cigarette lighter | 12 | 4.7% | |
| 6 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 11 | 4.3% | |
| 7 | Fireworks | 10 | 3.9% | |
| 8 | Cigarette | 10 | 3.9% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 47 | 18.3% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 27519 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 710% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $500,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 2 | $300,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 3 | $300,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 4 | $300,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 5 | $275,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 6 | $120,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 7 | $100,000 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | 2025 | Significant |
| 8 | $60,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 27519.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cary | 832 | |
| 2 | Morrisville | 19 | |
| 3 | Apex | 7 | |
| 4 | Raleigh | 4 | |
| 5 | Wendell | 1 |
Some ZIPs span multiple counties. The primary above is the largest by population weight; secondary counties are below.
| County | State | Weight | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chatham County | NC | 0.50 | FIPS 37037 |
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 — 881 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.