ZIP 36116 recorded 291 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,218 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Montgomery County, AL. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Moderate.
1,218 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 187 | |
| 2022 | 205 | |
| 2023 | 259 | |
| 2024 | 276 | |
| 2025 | 291 |
Nov peaks. May dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 36116 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 163 | 13.4% | |
| 2 | Electrical wiring/equipment problem, other | 134 | 11.0% | |
| 3 | Passenger vehicle fire | 131 | 10.8% | |
| 4 | Cooking fire, confined to container | 82 | 6.7% | |
| 5 | Arcing, shorted electrical equipment | 75 | 6.2% |
For the 33 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 36116 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 195 | 34.5% | |
| 2 | Cooking area, kitchen | 70 | 12.4% | |
| 3 | Outside area, other | 60 | 10.6% | |
| 4 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 46 | 8.1% | |
| 5 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 23 | 4.1% | |
| 6 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 16 | 2.8% | |
| 7 | Other | 15 | 2.7% | |
| 8 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 15 | 2.7% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 125 | 22.1% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 407 | 72.0% | |
| 2 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 50 | 8.8% | |
| 3 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 14 | 2.5% | |
| 4 | Heat source: other | 13 | 2.3% | |
| 5 | Arcing | 12 | 2.1% | |
| 6 | Hot ember or ash | 12 | 2.1% | |
| 7 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 9 | 1.6% | |
| 8 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 8 | 1.4% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 40 | 7.1% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 36116 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 114% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $2,000,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 2 | $2,000,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 3 | $2,000,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 4 | $1,000,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 5 | $970,026 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 6 | $900,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Major |
| 7 | $350,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 8 | $350,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 36116.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Montgomery | 1,217 |
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 — 1,218 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.