ZIP 27545 recorded 86 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,069 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Wake County, NC. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Moderate.
1,069 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 226 | |
| 2022 | 253 | |
| 2023 | 244 | |
| 2024 | 260 | |
| 2025 | 86 |
May peaks. Feb dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 27545 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 151 | 14.1% | |
| 2 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 120 | 11.2% | |
| 3 | Passenger vehicle fire | 119 | 11.1% | |
| 4 | Grass fire | 68 | 6.4% | |
| 5 | Authorized controlled burning | 68 | 6.4% |
For the 14 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 27545 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 69 | 17.1% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 65 | 16.1% | |
| 3 | Cooking area, kitchen | 58 | 14.4% | |
| 4 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 48 | 11.9% | |
| 5 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 29 | 7.2% | |
| 6 | Undetermined | 28 | 6.9% | |
| 7 | Wildland, woods | 23 | 5.7% | |
| 8 | Other | 8 | 2.0% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 75 | 18.6% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 185 | 45.9% | |
| 2 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 35 | 8.7% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 28 | 6.9% | |
| 4 | Cigarette lighter | 27 | 6.7% | |
| 5 | Hot ember or ash | 18 | 4.5% | |
| 6 | Arcing | 14 | 3.5% | |
| 7 | Cigarette | 12 | 3.0% | |
| 8 | Match | 11 | 2.7% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 73 | 18.1% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 27545 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 488% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $500,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 2 | $250,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 3 | $225,030 | Fire in mobile home used as fixed residence | 2022 | Significant |
| 4 | $225,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 5 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 6 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 7 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 8 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 27545.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Knightdale | 1,052 | |
| 2 | Wendell | 9 | |
| 3 | Raleigh | 6 | |
| 4 | Middlesex | 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 — 1,069 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.