ZIP 79924 recorded 225 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,205 across 2021–2025. Primary county: El Paso County, TX. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as High.
1,205 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 79 | |
| 2022 | 298 | |
| 2023 | 300 | |
| 2024 | 303 | |
| 2025 | 225 |
May peaks. Oct dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 79924 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 249 | 20.7% | |
| 2 | Electrical wiring/equipment problem, other | 96 | 8.0% | |
| 3 | Outside rubbish, trash or waste fire | 75 | 6.2% | |
| 4 | Building fires | 73 | 6.1% | |
| 5 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 72 | 6.0% |
For the 10 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 79924 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 45 | 18.6% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 33 | 13.6% | |
| 3 | Cooking area, kitchen | 17 | 7.0% | |
| 4 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 12 | 5.0% | |
| 5 | Other | 10 | 4.1% | |
| 6 | Vehicle area, other | 10 | 4.1% | |
| 7 | Cargo/trunk area - all vehicles | 9 | 3.7% | |
| 8 | Undetermined | 9 | 3.7% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 97 | 40.1% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 50 | 20.7% | |
| 2 | Arcing | 35 | 14.5% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 28 | 11.6% | |
| 4 | Heat source: other | 26 | 10.7% | |
| 5 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 15 | 6.2% | |
| 6 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 14 | 5.8% | |
| 7 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 14 | 5.8% | |
| 8 | Cigarette | 8 | 3.3% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 52 | 21.5% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 79924 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 162% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $250,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 2 | $250,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 3 | $250,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 4 | $130,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 5 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 6 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 7 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 8 | $100,000 | Fires in structures other than in a building | 2024 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 79924.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | El Paso | 465 | |
| 2 | Fort Bliss | 5 | |
| 3 | Irving | 1 |
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 — 1,205 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.