ZIP 21202 recorded 202 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 927 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Baltimore city, MD.
927 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 43 | |
| 2022 | 219 | |
| 2023 | 229 | |
| 2024 | 234 | |
| 2025 | 202 |
Jul peaks. Feb dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 21202 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cooking fire, confined to container | 141 | 15.2% | |
| 2 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 130 | 14.0% | |
| 3 | Trash or rubbish fire, contained | 95 | 10.2% | |
| 4 | Outside rubbish, trash or waste fire | 63 | 6.8% | |
| 5 | Carbon monoxide incident | 60 | 6.5% |
For the 17 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 21202 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 25 | 27.8% | |
| 2 | Vehicle area, other | 7 | 7.8% | |
| 3 | Other | 6 | 6.7% | |
| 4 | Cooking area, kitchen | 6 | 6.7% | |
| 5 | Outside area, other | 6 | 6.7% | |
| 6 | Bathroom, checkroom, lavatory, locker room | 5 | 5.6% | |
| 7 | Function area, other | 4 | 4.4% | |
| 8 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 4 | 4.4% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 27 | 30.0% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 24 | 26.7% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 16 | 17.8% | |
| 3 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 8 | 8.9% | |
| 4 | Heat source: other | 6 | 6.7% | |
| 5 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 6 | 6.7% | |
| 6 | Hot ember or ash | 6 | 6.7% | |
| 7 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 5 | 5.6% | |
| 8 | Cigarette | 5 | 5.6% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 14 | 15.6% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 21202 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 210% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $50,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2022 | Significant |
| 2 | $50,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2022 | Significant |
| 3 | $50,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2025 | Significant |
| 4 | $30,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2023 | Significant |
| 5 | $20,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 6 | $20,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2023 | Significant |
| 7 | $20,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2024 | Significant |
| 8 | $15,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2022 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 21202.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Baltimore | 840 | |
| 2 | Cumberland | 1 | |
| 3 | Randallstown | 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 — 927 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.