ZIP 34202 recorded 68 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 456 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Manatee County, FL. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Very High.
456 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 78 | |
| 2022 | 92 | |
| 2023 | 104 | |
| 2024 | 114 | |
| 2025 | 68 |
Oct peaks. Sep dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 34202 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 117 | 25.7% | |
| 2 | Passenger vehicle fire | 32 | 7.0% | |
| 3 | Arcing, shorted electrical equipment | 32 | 7.0% | |
| 4 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 28 | 6.1% | |
| 5 | Building fires | 26 | 5.7% |
For the 3 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 34202 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 26 | 16.4% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 20 | 12.6% | |
| 3 | Cooking area, kitchen | 19 | 11.9% | |
| 4 | Wildland, woods | 17 | 10.7% | |
| 5 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 14 | 8.8% | |
| 6 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 12 | 7.5% | |
| 7 | Chute/container - trash, rubbish, waste | 8 | 5.0% | |
| 8 | Undetermined | 7 | 4.4% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 36 | 22.6% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 56 | 35.2% | |
| 2 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 15 | 9.4% | |
| 3 | Lightning | 14 | 8.8% | |
| 4 | Heat source: other | 13 | 8.2% | |
| 5 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 11 | 6.9% | |
| 6 | Arcing | 11 | 6.9% | |
| 7 | Cigarette | 10 | 6.3% | |
| 8 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 5 | 3.1% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 24 | 15.1% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 34202 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 845% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $542,843 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 2 | $350,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 3 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 4 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 5 | $150,000 | Off-road vehicle or heavy equipment fire | 2025 | Significant |
| 6 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 7 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 8 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 34202.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bradenton | 442 | |
| 2 | Lakewood Ranch | 10 | |
| 3 | Sarasota | 1 |
Some ZIPs span multiple counties. The primary above is the largest by population weight; secondary counties are below.
| County | State | Weight | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sarasota County | FL | 0.50 | FIPS 12115 |
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 — 456 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.