ZIP 79912 recorded 230 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,040 across 2021–2025. Primary county: El Paso County, TX. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as High.
1,040 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 68 | |
| 2022 | 244 | |
| 2023 | 277 | |
| 2024 | 221 | |
| 2025 | 230 |
Apr peaks. Sep dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 79912 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 240 | 23.1% | |
| 2 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 78 | 7.5% | |
| 3 | Electrical wiring/equipment problem, other | 68 | 6.5% | |
| 4 | Passenger vehicle fire | 67 | 6.4% | |
| 5 | Building fires | 51 | 4.9% |
For the 15 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 79912 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 60 | 30.0% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 18 | 9.0% | |
| 3 | Vehicle area, other | 13 | 6.5% | |
| 4 | Cooking area, kitchen | 12 | 6.0% | |
| 5 | Other | 10 | 5.0% | |
| 6 | Bathroom, checkroom, lavatory, locker room | 9 | 4.5% | |
| 7 | Courtyard, patio, porch, terrace | 7 | 3.5% | |
| 8 | Exterior balcony, unenclosed porch | 6 | 3.0% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 65 | 32.5% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arcing | 32 | 16.0% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 32 | 16.0% | |
| 3 | Heat source: other | 28 | 14.0% | |
| 4 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 28 | 14.0% | |
| 5 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 11 | 5.5% | |
| 6 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 9 | 4.5% | |
| 7 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 8 | 4.0% | |
| 8 | Heat from direct flame, convection currents | 8 | 4.0% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 44 | 22.0% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 79912 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 166% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $240,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 2 | $224,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 3 | $194,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 4 | $185,848 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 5 | $150,000 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | 2022 | Significant |
| 6 | $144,450 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 7 | $125,500 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 8 | $120,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 79912.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | El Paso | 382 |
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 — 1,040 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.