ZIP 29418 recorded 216 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,023 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Charleston County, SC. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Very High.
1,023 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 201 | |
| 2022 | 229 | |
| 2023 | 161 | |
| 2024 | 216 | |
| 2025 | 216 |
May peaks. Aug dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 29418 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 166 | 16.2% | |
| 2 | Outside rubbish, trash or waste fire | 142 | 13.9% | |
| 3 | Passenger vehicle fire | 115 | 11.2% | |
| 4 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 74 | 7.2% | |
| 5 | Arcing, shorted electrical equipment | 69 | 6.7% |
For the 26 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 29418 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 76 | 17.6% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 75 | 17.4% | |
| 3 | Cooking area, kitchen | 49 | 11.4% | |
| 4 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 24 | 5.6% | |
| 5 | Outside area, other | 21 | 4.9% | |
| 6 | Wildland, woods | 17 | 3.9% | |
| 7 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 16 | 3.7% | |
| 8 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 15 | 3.5% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 138 | 32.0% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 224 | 52.0% | |
| 2 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 41 | 9.5% | |
| 3 | Arcing | 32 | 7.4% | |
| 4 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 20 | 4.6% | |
| 5 | Radiated heat from another fire | 18 | 4.2% | |
| 6 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 11 | 2.6% | |
| 7 | Cigarette lighter | 11 | 2.6% | |
| 8 | Heat from direct flame, convection currents | 11 | 2.6% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 63 | 14.6% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 29418 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 119% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $1,000,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 2 | $1,000,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 3 | $500,000 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 2025 | Major |
| 4 | $420,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 5 | $392,100 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 6 | $331,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 7 | $300,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 8 | $300,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 29418.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | North Charleston | 874 | |
| 2 | Summerville | 4 | |
| 3 | Charleston | 1 |
Some ZIPs span multiple counties. The primary above is the largest by population weight; secondary counties are below.
| County | State | Weight | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Berkeley County | SC | 0.50 | FIPS 45015 |
| Dorchester County | SC | 0.50 | FIPS 45035 |
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 — 1,023 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.