ZIP 27529 recorded 323 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,923 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Wake County, NC. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Moderate.
1,923 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 417 | |
| 2022 | 390 | |
| 2023 | 390 | |
| 2024 | 403 | |
| 2025 | 323 |
Jul peaks. Dec dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 27529 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 311 | 16.2% | |
| 2 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 216 | 11.2% | |
| 3 | Passenger vehicle fire | 161 | 8.4% | |
| 4 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 124 | 6.4% | |
| 5 | Power line down | 115 | 6.0% |
For the 38 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 27529 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 109 | 17.3% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 92 | 14.6% | |
| 3 | Outside area, other | 91 | 14.4% | |
| 4 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 57 | 9.0% | |
| 5 | Cooking area, kitchen | 48 | 7.6% | |
| 6 | Wildland, woods | 40 | 6.3% | |
| 7 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 24 | 3.8% | |
| 8 | Other | 18 | 2.9% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 151 | 24.0% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 315 | 50.0% | |
| 2 | Hot ember or ash | 44 | 7.0% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 38 | 6.0% | |
| 4 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 36 | 5.7% | |
| 5 | Arcing | 35 | 5.6% | |
| 6 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 29 | 4.6% | |
| 7 | Heat from direct flame, convection currents | 19 | 3.0% | |
| 8 | Heat source: other | 16 | 2.5% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 98 | 15.6% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 27529 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 189% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $400,000 | Mobile property (vehicle) fire, other | 2025 | Major |
| 2 | $390,400 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 3 | $250,000 | Off-road vehicle or heavy equipment fire | 2023 | Major |
| 4 | $250,000 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | 2024 | Major |
| 5 | $188,796 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 6 | $166,322 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 7 | $157,866 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 8 | $131,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 27529.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Garner | 1,827 | |
| 2 | Raleigh | 25 | |
| 3 | Benson | 11 | |
| 4 | Clayton | 10 | |
| 5 | Chapel Hill | 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 — 1,923 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.