ZIP 28401 recorded 461 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 2,380 across 2021–2025. Primary county: New Hanover County, NC. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Very High.
2,380 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 293 | |
| 2022 | 404 | |
| 2023 | 635 | |
| 2024 | 587 | |
| 2025 | 461 |
Jul peaks. Nov dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 28401 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cooking fire, confined to container | 341 | 14.3% | |
| 2 | Power line down | 315 | 13.2% | |
| 3 | Vehicle accident, general cleanup | 275 | 11.6% | |
| 4 | Building fires | 174 | 7.3% | |
| 5 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 147 | 6.2% |
For the 24 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 28401 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cooking area, kitchen | 127 | 23.8% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 110 | 20.6% | |
| 3 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 57 | 10.7% | |
| 4 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 23 | 4.3% | |
| 5 | Wildland, woods | 21 | 3.9% | |
| 6 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 19 | 3.6% | |
| 7 | Undetermined | 17 | 3.2% | |
| 8 | Operator/passenger area of transportation equip. | 16 | 3.0% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 144 | 27.0% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 185 | 34.6% | |
| 2 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 97 | 18.2% | |
| 3 | Heat source: other | 54 | 10.1% | |
| 4 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 34 | 6.4% | |
| 5 | Arcing | 27 | 5.1% | |
| 6 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 26 | 4.9% | |
| 7 | Cigarette | 23 | 4.3% | |
| 8 | Hot ember or ash | 13 | 2.4% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 75 | 14.0% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 28401 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 139% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $5,000,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Catastrophic |
| 2 | $1,500,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 3 | $500,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 4 | $500,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 5 | $340,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 6 | $300,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 7 | $300,000 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 2025 | Major |
| 8 | $250,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 28401.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wilmington | 2,373 |
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 — 2,380 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.