ZIP 27539 recorded 141 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 737 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Wake County, NC. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Moderate.
737 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 109 | |
| 2022 | 167 | |
| 2023 | 153 | |
| 2024 | 167 | |
| 2025 | 141 |
Mar peaks. Aug dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 27539 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 129 | 17.5% | |
| 2 | Building fires | 114 | 15.5% | |
| 3 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 57 | 7.7% | |
| 4 | Authorized controlled burning | 48 | 6.5% | |
| 5 | Outside rubbish, trash or waste fire | 31 | 4.2% |
For the 18 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 27539 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Outside area, other | 28 | 16.8% | |
| 2 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 22 | 13.2% | |
| 3 | Undetermined | 21 | 12.6% | |
| 4 | Cooking area, kitchen | 16 | 9.6% | |
| 5 | Wildland, woods | 14 | 8.4% | |
| 6 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 12 | 7.2% | |
| 7 | Chute/container - trash, rubbish, waste | 8 | 4.8% | |
| 8 | Exterior balcony, unenclosed porch | 6 | 3.6% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 40 | 24.0% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 85 | 50.9% | |
| 2 | Hot ember or ash | 13 | 7.8% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 9 | 5.4% | |
| 4 | Arcing | 8 | 4.8% | |
| 5 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 7 | 4.2% | |
| 6 | Heat source: other | 5 | 3.0% | |
| 7 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 4 | 2.4% | |
| 8 | Cigarette | 4 | 2.4% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 32 | 19.2% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 27539 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 275% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $412,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 2 | $350,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 3 | $300,000 | Off-road vehicle or heavy equipment fire | 2025 | Major |
| 4 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 5 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 6 | $75,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 7 | $60,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 8 | $50,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2022 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 27539.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Apex | 537 | |
| 2 | Cary | 62 | |
| 3 | Holly Springs | 60 | |
| 4 | Raleigh | 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 — 737 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.