ZIP 36571 recorded 71 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 569 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Mobile County, AL. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Very High.
569 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 89 | |
| 2022 | 139 | |
| 2023 | 143 | |
| 2024 | 127 | |
| 2025 | 71 |
Jan peaks. Aug dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 36571 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Unauthorized burning | 128 | 22.5% | |
| 2 | Passenger vehicle fire | 63 | 11.1% | |
| 3 | Building fires | 57 | 10.0% | |
| 4 | Arcing, shorted electrical equipment | 50 | 8.8% | |
| 5 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 43 | 7.6% |
For the 5 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 36571 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 46 | 20.1% | |
| 2 | Cooking area, kitchen | 24 | 10.5% | |
| 3 | Undetermined | 24 | 10.5% | |
| 4 | Wildland, woods | 22 | 9.6% | |
| 5 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 19 | 8.3% | |
| 6 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 15 | 6.6% | |
| 7 | Operator/passenger area of transportation equip. | 11 | 4.8% | |
| 8 | Attic: vacant, crawl space above top story, cupola | 10 | 4.4% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 58 | 25.3% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 111 | 48.5% | |
| 2 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 31 | 13.5% | |
| 3 | Arcing | 23 | 10.0% | |
| 4 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 8 | 3.5% | |
| 5 | Hot ember or ash | 8 | 3.5% | |
| 6 | Heat from direct flame, convection currents | 6 | 2.6% | |
| 7 | Heat source: other | 5 | 2.2% | |
| 8 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 5 | 2.2% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 32 | 14.0% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 36571 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 1014% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $287,400 | Building fires | 2021 | Major |
| 2 | $215,900 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 3 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 4 | $127,800 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 5 | $125,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 6 | $112,700 | Water vehicle fire | 2022 | Significant |
| 7 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 8 | $98,200 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2022 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 36571.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Saraland | 567 |
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 — 569 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.