ZIP 99709 recorded 209 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,332 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Very High.
1,332 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 221 | |
| 2022 | 344 | |
| 2023 | 277 | |
| 2024 | 281 | |
| 2025 | 209 |
Jul peaks. Nov dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 99709 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 331 | 24.8% | |
| 2 | Power line down | 118 | 8.9% | |
| 3 | Passenger vehicle fire | 99 | 7.4% | |
| 4 | Outside rubbish, trash or waste fire | 80 | 6.0% | |
| 5 | Aircraft standby | 76 | 5.7% |
For the 76 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 99709 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 68 | 20.1% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 49 | 14.5% | |
| 3 | Cooking area, kitchen | 20 | 5.9% | |
| 4 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 17 | 5.0% | |
| 5 | Chute/container - trash, rubbish, waste | 13 | 3.8% | |
| 6 | Outside area, other | 13 | 3.8% | |
| 7 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 11 | 3.2% | |
| 8 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 10 | 2.9% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 138 | 40.7% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 136 | 40.1% | |
| 2 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 34 | 10.0% | |
| 3 | Arcing | 31 | 9.1% | |
| 4 | Hot ember or ash | 21 | 6.2% | |
| 5 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 17 | 5.0% | |
| 6 | Heat source: other | 16 | 4.7% | |
| 7 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 10 | 2.9% | |
| 8 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 9 | 2.7% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 65 | 19.2% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 99709 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 233% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $1,280,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 2 | $800,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 3 | $320,774 | Building fires | 2021 | Major |
| 4 | $300,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 5 | $300,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 6 | $276,253 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 7 | $231,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 8 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 99709.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fairbanks | 1,327 | |
| 2 | North Pole | 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 — 1,332 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.