ZIP 35963 recorded 20 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 67 across 2021–2025. Primary county: DeKalb County, AL. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as High.
67 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 0 | |
| 2022 | 11 | |
| 2023 | 21 | |
| 2024 | 15 | |
| 2025 | 20 |
Feb peaks. Jun dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 35963 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 15 | 22.4% | |
| 2 | Forest, woods or wildland fire | 13 | 19.4% | |
| 3 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 10 | 14.9% | |
| 4 | Passenger vehicle fire | 5 | 7.5% | |
| 5 | Outside rubbish, trash or waste fire | 4 | 6.0% |
For the 6 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 35963 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 35 | 77.8% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 3 | 6.7% | |
| 3 | Cooking area, kitchen | 2 | 4.4% | |
| 4 | Vehicle area, other | 2 | 4.4% | |
| 5 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 1 | 2.2% | |
| 6 | Function area, other | 1 | 2.2% | |
| 7 | Substructure area or space, crawl space | 1 | 2.2% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 42 | 93.3% | |
| 2 | Arcing | 1 | 2.2% | |
| 3 | Heat spread from another fire, other | 1 | 2.2% | |
| 4 | Flying brand, ember, spark | 1 | 2.2% |
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 — 67 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.