ZIP 29445 recorded 334 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 2,086 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Berkeley County, SC. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Very High.
2,086 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 354 | |
| 2022 | 453 | |
| 2023 | 475 | |
| 2024 | 470 | |
| 2025 | 334 |
Jan peaks. Nov dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 29445 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 564 | 27.0% | |
| 2 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 242 | 11.6% | |
| 3 | Unauthorized burning | 216 | 10.4% | |
| 4 | Outside rubbish, trash or waste fire | 152 | 7.3% | |
| 5 | Cooking fire, confined to container | 115 | 5.5% |
For the 79 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 29445 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Outside area, other | 108 | 13.8% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 102 | 13.1% | |
| 3 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 94 | 12.1% | |
| 4 | Cooking area, kitchen | 79 | 10.1% | |
| 5 | Wildland, woods | 64 | 8.2% | |
| 6 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 52 | 6.7% | |
| 7 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 28 | 3.6% | |
| 8 | Other | 20 | 2.6% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 233 | 29.9% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 408 | 52.3% | |
| 2 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 56 | 7.2% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 43 | 5.5% | |
| 4 | Arcing | 42 | 5.4% | |
| 5 | Hot ember or ash | 40 | 5.1% | |
| 6 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 20 | 2.6% | |
| 7 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 19 | 2.4% | |
| 8 | Heat source: other | 17 | 2.2% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 135 | 17.3% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 29445 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 153% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $1,000,000 | Fires in structures other than in a building | 2022 | Major |
| 2 | $500,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 3 | $400,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 4 | $365,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 5 | $356,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 6 | $324,800 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 7 | $300,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 8 | $300,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 29445.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Goose Creek | 2,073 | |
| 2 | Summerville | 9 | |
| 3 | Ladson | 1 | |
| 4 | North Charleston | 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 — 2,086 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.