ZIP 35022 recorded 150 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 499 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Jefferson County, AL. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as High.
499 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 35 | |
| 2022 | 89 | |
| 2023 | 98 | |
| 2024 | 127 | |
| 2025 | 150 |
Feb peaks. May dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 35022 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 65 | 13.0% | |
| 2 | Passenger vehicle fire | 48 | 9.6% | |
| 3 | Power line down | 48 | 9.6% | |
| 4 | Grass fire | 45 | 9.0% | |
| 5 | Building fires | 44 | 8.8% |
For the 8 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 35022 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 70 | 38.5% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 21 | 11.5% | |
| 3 | Outside area, other | 14 | 7.7% | |
| 4 | Cooking area, kitchen | 10 | 5.5% | |
| 5 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 10 | 5.5% | |
| 6 | Other | 9 | 4.9% | |
| 7 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 7 | 3.8% | |
| 8 | Operator/passenger area of transportation equip. | 5 | 2.7% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 36 | 19.8% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 103 | 56.6% | |
| 2 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 18 | 9.9% | |
| 3 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 16 | 8.8% | |
| 4 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 9 | 4.9% | |
| 5 | Arcing | 6 | 3.3% | |
| 6 | Hot ember or ash | 6 | 3.3% | |
| 7 | Heat source: other | 3 | 1.6% | |
| 8 | Match | 3 | 1.6% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 18 | 9.9% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 35022 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 327% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $350,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 2 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 3 | $132,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 4 | $120,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 5 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 6 | $90,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 7 | $75,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 8 | $50,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 35022.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bessemer | 370 | |
| 2 | Helena | 35 | |
| 3 | McCalla | 18 | |
| 4 | Birmingham | 16 | |
| 5 | Hoover | 11 |
Some ZIPs span multiple counties. The primary above is the largest by population weight; secondary counties are below.
| County | State | Weight | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shelby County | AL | 1.00 | FIPS 01117 |
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 — 499 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.