ZIP 27534 recorded 71 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 427 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Wayne County, NC. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Moderate.
427 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 60 | |
| 2022 | 81 | |
| 2023 | 91 | |
| 2024 | 124 | |
| 2025 | 71 |
Nov peaks. May dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 27534 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 50 | 11.7% | |
| 2 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 41 | 9.6% | |
| 3 | Passenger vehicle fire | 32 | 7.5% | |
| 4 | Cooking fire, confined to container | 30 | 7.0% | |
| 5 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 29 | 6.8% |
For the 12 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 27534 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Outside area, other | 43 | 21.3% | |
| 2 | Cooking area, kitchen | 33 | 16.3% | |
| 3 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 29 | 14.4% | |
| 4 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 14 | 6.9% | |
| 5 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 13 | 6.4% | |
| 6 | Wildland, woods | 9 | 4.5% | |
| 7 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 6 | 3.0% | |
| 8 | Undetermined | 6 | 3.0% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 49 | 24.3% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 78 | 38.6% | |
| 2 | Hot ember or ash | 20 | 9.9% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 15 | 7.4% | |
| 4 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 15 | 7.4% | |
| 5 | Arcing | 13 | 6.4% | |
| 6 | Heat source: other | 12 | 5.9% | |
| 7 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 12 | 5.9% | |
| 8 | Cigarette lighter | 6 | 3.0% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 31 | 15.3% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 27534 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 151% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $140,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 2 | $122,570 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 3 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 4 | $93,520 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 5 | $90,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 6 | $50,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 7 | $40,000 | Off-road vehicle or heavy equipment fire | 2021 | Significant |
| 8 | $40,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 27534.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Goldsboro | 426 |
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 — 427 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.