ZIP 27954 recorded 17 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 251 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Dare County, NC. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Very High.
251 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 73 | |
| 2022 | 58 | |
| 2023 | 56 | |
| 2024 | 47 | |
| 2025 | 17 |
Mar peaks. Nov dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 27954 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Electrical wiring/equipment problem, other | 38 | 15.1% | |
| 2 | Building fires | 21 | 8.4% | |
| 3 | Cooking fire, confined to container | 20 | 8.0% | |
| 4 | Power line down | 18 | 7.2% | |
| 5 | Vehicle accident, general cleanup | 18 | 7.2% |
For the 4 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 27954 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 12 | 14.0% | |
| 2 | Cooking area, kitchen | 10 | 11.6% | |
| 3 | Wildland, woods | 10 | 11.6% | |
| 4 | Undetermined | 9 | 10.5% | |
| 5 | Outside area, other | 8 | 9.3% | |
| 6 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 7 | 8.1% | |
| 7 | Vehicle area, other | 6 | 7.0% | |
| 8 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 4 | 4.7% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 20 | 23.3% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 53 | 61.6% | |
| 2 | Hot ember or ash | 7 | 8.1% | |
| 3 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 5 | 5.8% | |
| 4 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 4 | 4.7% | |
| 5 | Arcing | 4 | 4.7% | |
| 6 | Lightning | 4 | 4.7% | |
| 7 | Heat source: other | 2 | 2.3% | |
| 8 | Heat spread from another fire, other | 2 | 2.3% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 5 | 5.8% |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 27954.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Manteo | 245 |
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 — 251 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.