ZIP 27949 recorded 109 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 722 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Dare County, NC. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Very High.
722 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 184 | |
| 2022 | 184 | |
| 2023 | 138 | |
| 2024 | 107 | |
| 2025 | 109 |
May peaks. Dec dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 27949 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 127 | 17.6% | |
| 2 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 81 | 11.2% | |
| 3 | Electrical wiring/equipment problem, other | 58 | 8.0% | |
| 4 | Arcing, shorted electrical equipment | 52 | 7.2% | |
| 5 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 47 | 6.5% |
For the 24 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 27949 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Outside area, other | 60 | 31.4% | |
| 2 | Cooking area, kitchen | 16 | 8.4% | |
| 3 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 10 | 5.2% | |
| 4 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 9 | 4.7% | |
| 5 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 8 | 4.2% | |
| 6 | Exterior balcony, unenclosed porch | 8 | 4.2% | |
| 7 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 8 | 4.2% | |
| 8 | Courtyard, patio, porch, terrace | 8 | 4.2% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 64 | 33.5% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 64 | 33.5% | |
| 2 | Arcing | 16 | 8.4% | |
| 3 | Cigarette | 14 | 7.3% | |
| 4 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 12 | 6.3% | |
| 5 | Hot ember or ash | 12 | 6.3% | |
| 6 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 10 | 5.2% | |
| 7 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 9 | 4.7% | |
| 8 | Heat source: other | 5 | 2.6% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 49 | 25.7% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 27949 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 159% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $2,074,100 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 2 | $2,024,900 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 3 | $1,000,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 4 | $652,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 5 | $413,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 6 | $281,600 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 7 | $250,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Major |
| 8 | $250,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Major |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 27949.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kitty Hawk | 312 | |
| 2 | Southern Shores | 194 | |
| 3 | Duck | 191 |
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 — 722 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.