ZIP 96740 recorded 107 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 815 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Hawaii County, HI. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Very High.
815 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 165 | |
| 2022 | 203 | |
| 2023 | 194 | |
| 2024 | 146 | |
| 2025 | 107 |
Jan peaks. May dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 96740 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 132 | 16.2% | |
| 2 | Trash or rubbish fire, contained | 93 | 11.4% | |
| 3 | Cooking fire, confined to container | 92 | 11.3% | |
| 4 | Outside rubbish, trash or waste fire | 89 | 10.9% | |
| 5 | Passenger vehicle fire | 70 | 8.6% |
For the 3 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 96740 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 72 | 33.3% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 27 | 12.5% | |
| 3 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 20 | 9.3% | |
| 4 | Outside area, other | 16 | 7.4% | |
| 5 | Vehicle area, other | 15 | 6.9% | |
| 6 | Other | 10 | 4.6% | |
| 7 | Cooking area, kitchen | 9 | 4.2% | |
| 8 | Wildland, woods | 8 | 3.7% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 39 | 18.1% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 159 | 73.6% | |
| 2 | Heat source: other | 16 | 7.4% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 7 | 3.2% | |
| 4 | Fireworks | 7 | 3.2% | |
| 5 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 4 | 1.9% | |
| 6 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 3 | 1.4% | |
| 7 | Heat from direct flame, convection currents | 3 | 1.4% | |
| 8 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 2 | 0.9% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 15 | 6.9% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 96740 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 60550% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $765,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Major |
| 2 | $400,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 3 | $376,250 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 4 | $376,250 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 5 | $315,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 6 | $300,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 7 | $250,000 | Mobile property (vehicle) fire, other | 2022 | Major |
| 8 | $245,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 96740.
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 — 815 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.