ZIP 34243 recorded 199 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,058 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Manatee County, FL. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Very High.
1,058 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 227 | |
| 2022 | 219 | |
| 2023 | 163 | |
| 2024 | 250 | |
| 2025 | 199 |
Mar peaks. Dec dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 34243 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Electrical wiring/equipment problem, other | 101 | 9.5% | |
| 2 | Building fires | 89 | 8.4% | |
| 3 | Arcing, shorted electrical equipment | 75 | 7.1% | |
| 4 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 69 | 6.5% | |
| 5 | Unauthorized burning | 59 | 5.6% |
For the 18 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 34243 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 82 | 30.0% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 37 | 13.6% | |
| 3 | Outside area, other | 30 | 11.0% | |
| 4 | Cooking area, kitchen | 27 | 9.9% | |
| 5 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 13 | 4.8% | |
| 6 | Wildland, woods | 9 | 3.3% | |
| 7 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 7 | 2.6% | |
| 8 | Other | 6 | 2.2% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 62 | 22.7% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 174 | 63.7% | |
| 2 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 22 | 8.1% | |
| 3 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 11 | 4.0% | |
| 4 | Arcing | 11 | 4.0% | |
| 5 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 10 | 3.7% | |
| 6 | Heat source: other | 8 | 2.9% | |
| 7 | Hot ember or ash | 8 | 2.9% | |
| 8 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 7 | 2.6% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 22 | 8.1% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 34243 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 559% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $500,000 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | 2021 | Major |
| 2 | $400,000 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | 2021 | Major |
| 3 | $300,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Major |
| 4 | $250,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 5 | $212,500 | Fires in structures other than in a building | 2022 | Significant |
| 6 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 7 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 8 | $148,925 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 34243.
Some ZIPs span multiple counties. The primary above is the largest by population weight; secondary counties are below.
| County | State | Weight | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sarasota County | FL | 1.00 | 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 — 1,058 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.