ZIP 96720 recorded 238 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,119 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Hawaii County, HI. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Very High.
1,119 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 185 | |
| 2022 | 227 | |
| 2023 | 252 | |
| 2024 | 217 | |
| 2025 | 238 |
Jan peaks. Dec dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 96720 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Trash or rubbish fire, contained | 198 | 17.7% | |
| 2 | Outside rubbish, trash or waste fire | 184 | 16.4% | |
| 3 | Passenger vehicle fire | 103 | 9.2% | |
| 4 | Unauthorized burning | 102 | 9.1% | |
| 5 | Cooking fire, confined to container | 70 | 6.3% |
For the 9 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 96720 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 95 | 33.6% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 33 | 11.7% | |
| 3 | Outside area, other | 25 | 8.8% | |
| 4 | Other | 20 | 7.1% | |
| 5 | Cooking area, kitchen | 19 | 6.7% | |
| 6 | Vehicle area, other | 11 | 3.9% | |
| 7 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 11 | 3.9% | |
| 8 | Wildland, woods | 10 | 3.5% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 59 | 20.8% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 208 | 73.5% | |
| 2 | Heat source: other | 15 | 5.3% | |
| 3 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 10 | 3.5% | |
| 4 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 9 | 3.2% | |
| 5 | Arcing | 7 | 2.5% | |
| 6 | Cigarette lighter | 5 | 1.8% | |
| 7 | Match | 4 | 1.4% | |
| 8 | Explosive, fireworks, other | 3 | 1.1% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 22 | 7.8% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 96720 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 693% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $2,025,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 2 | $639,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 3 | $498,500 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 4 | $261,600 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 5 | $218,400 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 6 | $151,200 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 7 | $140,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 8 | $129,700 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 96720.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hilo | 1,114 | |
| 2 | Mountain View | 3 | |
| 3 | Kurtistown | 1 | |
| 4 | Naalehu | 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 — 1,119 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.