ZIP 34221 recorded 260 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,610 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Manatee County, FL. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Very High.
1,610 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 244 | |
| 2022 | 349 | |
| 2023 | 301 | |
| 2024 | 456 | |
| 2025 | 260 |
Oct peaks. Dec dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 34221 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Electrical wiring/equipment problem, other | 178 | 11.1% | |
| 2 | Arcing, shorted electrical equipment | 144 | 8.9% | |
| 3 | Building fires | 112 | 7.0% | |
| 4 | Passenger vehicle fire | 108 | 6.7% | |
| 5 | Power line down | 102 | 6.3% |
For the 19 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 34221 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 92 | 16.3% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 89 | 15.8% | |
| 3 | Outside area, other | 69 | 12.2% | |
| 4 | Cooking area, kitchen | 62 | 11.0% | |
| 5 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 59 | 10.4% | |
| 6 | Wildland, woods | 29 | 5.1% | |
| 7 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 20 | 3.5% | |
| 8 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 20 | 3.5% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 125 | 22.1% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 297 | 52.6% | |
| 2 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 59 | 10.4% | |
| 3 | Arcing | 46 | 8.1% | |
| 4 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 21 | 3.7% | |
| 5 | Lightning | 15 | 2.7% | |
| 6 | Heat from direct flame, convection currents | 14 | 2.5% | |
| 7 | Heat source: other | 13 | 2.3% | |
| 8 | Hot ember or ash | 12 | 2.1% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 88 | 15.6% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 34221 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 140% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $500,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 2 | $450,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 3 | $350,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 4 | $349,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 5 | $250,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Major |
| 6 | $250,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 7 | $240,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 8 | $200,000 | Fires in structures other than in a building | 2023 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 34221.
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 — 1,610 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.