ZIP 34287 recorded 156 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 862 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Sarasota County, FL. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Very High.
862 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 165 | |
| 2022 | 216 | |
| 2023 | 141 | |
| 2024 | 184 | |
| 2025 | 156 |
Oct peaks. Feb dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 34287 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Unauthorized burning | 198 | 23.0% | |
| 2 | Power line down | 124 | 14.4% | |
| 3 | Arcing, shorted electrical equipment | 100 | 11.6% | |
| 4 | Building fires | 52 | 6.0% | |
| 5 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 40 | 4.6% |
For the 7 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 34287 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 19 | 15.6% | |
| 2 | Cooking area, kitchen | 14 | 11.5% | |
| 3 | Undetermined | 10 | 8.2% | |
| 4 | Outside area, other | 8 | 6.6% | |
| 5 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 6 | 4.9% | |
| 6 | Bathroom, checkroom, lavatory, locker room | 5 | 4.1% | |
| 7 | Wall surface: exterior | 5 | 4.1% | |
| 8 | Cargo/trunk area - all vehicles | 5 | 4.1% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 50 | 41.0% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 37 | 30.3% | |
| 2 | Arcing | 14 | 11.5% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 12 | 9.8% | |
| 4 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 8 | 6.6% | |
| 5 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 8 | 6.6% | |
| 6 | Cigarette | 8 | 6.6% | |
| 7 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 7 | 5.7% | |
| 8 | Hot ember or ash | 5 | 4.1% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 23 | 18.9% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 34287 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 380% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $250,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 2 | $250,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 3 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 4 | $130,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 5 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 6 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 7 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 8 | $75,000 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | 2022 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 34287.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | North Port | 719 | |
| 2 | Warm Mineral Springs | 62 | |
| 3 | South Sarasota | 49 | |
| 4 | Venice | 18 | |
| 5 | Port Charlotte | 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 — 862 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.