ZIP 21206 recorded 355 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,614 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Baltimore County, MD.
1,614 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 91 | |
| 2022 | 363 | |
| 2023 | 429 | |
| 2024 | 376 | |
| 2025 | 355 |
Aug peaks. Sep dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 21206 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 420 | 26.0% | |
| 2 | Carbon monoxide incident | 286 | 17.7% | |
| 3 | Electrical wiring/equipment problem, other | 163 | 10.1% | |
| 4 | Cooking fire, confined to container | 118 | 7.3% | |
| 5 | Arcing, shorted electrical equipment | 83 | 5.1% |
For the 4 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 21206 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 32 | 26.0% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 17 | 13.8% | |
| 3 | Other | 13 | 10.6% | |
| 4 | Vehicle area, other | 9 | 7.3% | |
| 5 | Cooking area, kitchen | 7 | 5.7% | |
| 6 | Bathroom, checkroom, lavatory, locker room | 5 | 4.1% | |
| 7 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 4 | 3.3% | |
| 8 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 4 | 3.3% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 32 | 26.0% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 32 | 26.0% | |
| 2 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 24 | 19.5% | |
| 3 | Arcing | 9 | 7.3% | |
| 4 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 8 | 6.5% | |
| 5 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 8 | 6.5% | |
| 6 | Heat source: other | 5 | 4.1% | |
| 7 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 5 | 4.1% | |
| 8 | Match | 5 | 4.1% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 27 | 22.0% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 21206 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 342% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $100,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2022 | Significant |
| 2 | $50,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2024 | Significant |
| 3 | $30,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2023 | Significant |
| 4 | $25,000 | Fire, other | 2023 | Significant |
| 5 | $25,000 | Mobile property (vehicle) fire, other | 2024 | Significant |
| 6 | $25,000 | Mobile property (vehicle) fire, other | 2025 | Significant |
| 7 | $20,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2024 | Significant |
| 8 | $15,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 21206.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Baltimore | 1,548 |
Some ZIPs span multiple counties. The primary above is the largest by population weight; secondary counties are below.
| County | State | Weight | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baltimore city | MD | 1.00 | FIPS 24510 |
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 — 1,614 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.