ZIP 79901 recorded 190 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 900 across 2021–2025. Primary county: El Paso County, TX. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as High.
900 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 45 | |
| 2022 | 241 | |
| 2023 | 212 | |
| 2024 | 212 | |
| 2025 | 190 |
May peaks. Jul dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 79901 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Outside rubbish, trash or waste fire | 158 | 17.6% | |
| 2 | Outside rubbish fire, other | 109 | 12.1% | |
| 3 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 106 | 11.8% | |
| 4 | Dumpster or other outside trash receptacle fire | 97 | 10.8% | |
| 5 | Trash or rubbish fire, contained | 69 | 7.7% |
For the 3 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 79901 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Outside area, other | 31 | 20.8% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 19 | 12.8% | |
| 3 | Undetermined | 12 | 8.1% | |
| 4 | Cooking area, kitchen | 6 | 4.0% | |
| 5 | Vehicle area, other | 6 | 4.0% | |
| 6 | Chute/container - trash, rubbish, waste | 5 | 3.4% | |
| 7 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 5 | 3.4% | |
| 8 | Other | 4 | 2.7% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 61 | 40.9% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 46 | 30.9% | |
| 2 | Heat source: other | 21 | 14.1% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 12 | 8.1% | |
| 4 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 9 | 6.0% | |
| 5 | Cigarette lighter | 9 | 6.0% | |
| 6 | Hot ember or ash | 8 | 5.4% | |
| 7 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 8 | 5.4% | |
| 8 | Arcing | 7 | 4.7% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 29 | 19.5% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 79901 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 3321% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $2,000,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 2 | $400,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 3 | $300,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 4 | $250,000 | Rail vehicle fire | 2024 | Major |
| 5 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 6 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 7 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 8 | $65,781 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 79901.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | El Paso | 448 |
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 — 900 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.