ZIP 99701 recorded 206 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,190 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Very High.
1,190 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 241 | |
| 2022 | 305 | |
| 2023 | 205 | |
| 2024 | 233 | |
| 2025 | 206 |
May peaks. Nov dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 99701 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 258 | 21.7% | |
| 2 | Outside rubbish, trash or waste fire | 137 | 11.5% | |
| 3 | Passenger vehicle fire | 118 | 9.9% | |
| 4 | Unauthorized burning | 80 | 6.7% | |
| 5 | Cooking fire, confined to container | 49 | 4.1% |
For the 25 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 99701 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 65 | 18.6% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 62 | 17.8% | |
| 3 | Cooking area, kitchen | 24 | 6.9% | |
| 4 | Operator/passenger area of transportation equip. | 18 | 5.2% | |
| 5 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 15 | 4.3% | |
| 6 | Outside area, other | 15 | 4.3% | |
| 7 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 14 | 4.0% | |
| 8 | Wall surface: exterior | 11 | 3.2% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 125 | 35.8% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 189 | 54.2% | |
| 2 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 22 | 6.3% | |
| 3 | Arcing | 20 | 5.7% | |
| 4 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 17 | 4.9% | |
| 5 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 11 | 3.2% | |
| 6 | Hot ember or ash | 11 | 3.2% | |
| 7 | Heat from direct flame, convection currents | 11 | 3.2% | |
| 8 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 8 | 2.3% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 60 | 17.2% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 99701 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 311% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $1,500,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Major |
| 2 | $1,200,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Major |
| 3 | $580,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Major |
| 4 | $300,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 5 | $250,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 6 | $250,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 7 | $250,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 8 | $230,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 99701.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fairbanks | 1,185 | |
| 2 | North Pole | 1 |
Some ZIPs span multiple counties. The primary above is the largest by population weight; secondary counties are below.
| County | State | Weight | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area | AK | 1.00 | FIPS 02290 |
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 — 1,190 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.