ZIP 28356 recorded 99 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 431 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Cumberland County, NC. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Very High.
431 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 75 | |
| 2022 | 119 | |
| 2023 | 76 | |
| 2024 | 62 | |
| 2025 | 99 |
Feb peaks. Aug dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 28356 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 84 | 19.5% | |
| 2 | Forest, woods or wildland fire | 60 | 13.9% | |
| 3 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 59 | 13.7% | |
| 4 | Grass fire | 32 | 7.4% | |
| 5 | Authorized controlled burning | 29 | 6.7% |
For the 11 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 28356 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Outside area, other | 55 | 30.6% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 36 | 20.0% | |
| 3 | Wildland, woods | 26 | 14.4% | |
| 4 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 21 | 11.7% | |
| 5 | Cooking area, kitchen | 7 | 3.9% | |
| 6 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 4 | 2.2% | |
| 7 | Other | 3 | 1.7% | |
| 8 | Operator/passenger area of transportation equip. | 3 | 1.7% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 25 | 13.9% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 76 | 42.2% | |
| 2 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 15 | 8.3% | |
| 3 | Heat source: other | 14 | 7.8% | |
| 4 | Cigarette lighter | 14 | 7.8% | |
| 5 | Hot ember or ash | 8 | 4.4% | |
| 6 | Flame/torch used for lighting | 8 | 4.4% | |
| 7 | Heat spread from another fire, other | 8 | 4.4% | |
| 8 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 6 | 3.3% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 31 | 17.2% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 28356 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 970% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $20,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 2 | $16,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2024 | Significant |
| 3 | $10,000 | Natural vegetation fire, other | 2022 | Significant |
| 4 | $6,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 5 | $5,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2025 | Significant |
| 6 | $3,000 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 2022 | Significant |
| 7 | $2,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 8 | $2,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 28356.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fayetteville | 6 | |
| 2 | Erwin | 5 |
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 — 431 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.