ZIP 28303 recorded 326 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,752 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Cumberland County, NC. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Very High.
1,752 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 322 | |
| 2022 | 380 | |
| 2023 | 397 | |
| 2024 | 327 | |
| 2025 | 326 |
Jul peaks. Dec dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 28303 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cooking fire, confined to container | 273 | 15.6% | |
| 2 | Power line down | 176 | 10.0% | |
| 3 | Building fires | 157 | 9.0% | |
| 4 | Unauthorized burning | 149 | 8.5% | |
| 5 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 118 | 6.7% |
For the 24 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 28303 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cooking area, kitchen | 73 | 19.4% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 70 | 18.6% | |
| 3 | Undetermined | 29 | 7.7% | |
| 4 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 21 | 5.6% | |
| 5 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 20 | 5.3% | |
| 6 | Operator/passenger area of transportation equip. | 17 | 4.5% | |
| 7 | Chute/container - trash, rubbish, waste | 14 | 3.7% | |
| 8 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 13 | 3.5% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 119 | 31.6% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 123 | 32.7% | |
| 2 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 61 | 16.2% | |
| 3 | Arcing | 29 | 7.7% | |
| 4 | Hot ember or ash | 25 | 6.6% | |
| 5 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 17 | 4.5% | |
| 6 | Flame/torch used for lighting | 17 | 4.5% | |
| 7 | Cigarette lighter | 15 | 4.0% | |
| 8 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 14 | 3.7% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 75 | 19.9% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 28303 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 222% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $500,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 2 | $184,000 | Off-road vehicle or heavy equipment fire | 2023 | Significant |
| 3 | $131,157 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 4 | $125,000 | Building or structure weakened or collapsed | 2024 | Significant |
| 5 | $120,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 6 | $114,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 7 | $104,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 8 | $88,048 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 28303.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fayetteville | 1,748 | |
| 2 | Spartanburg | 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 — 1,752 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.