ZIP 44118 recorded 368 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 2,634 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Cuyahoga County, OH. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Moderate.
2,634 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 558 | |
| 2022 | 580 | |
| 2023 | 647 | |
| 2024 | 481 | |
| 2025 | 368 |
Aug peaks. Sep dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 44118 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Power line down | 780 | 29.6% | |
| 2 | Building fires | 440 | 16.7% | |
| 3 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 261 | 9.9% | |
| 4 | Electrical wiring/equipment problem, other | 196 | 7.4% | |
| 5 | Arcing, shorted electrical equipment | 172 | 6.5% |
For the 63 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 44118 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cooking area, kitchen | 92 | 27.4% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 37 | 11.0% | |
| 3 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 33 | 9.8% | |
| 4 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 17 | 5.1% | |
| 5 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 14 | 4.2% | |
| 6 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 12 | 3.6% | |
| 7 | Undetermined | 12 | 3.6% | |
| 8 | Bathroom, checkroom, lavatory, locker room | 10 | 3.0% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 109 | 32.4% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 140 | 41.7% | |
| 2 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 67 | 19.9% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 22 | 6.5% | |
| 4 | Hot ember or ash | 14 | 4.2% | |
| 5 | Arcing | 13 | 3.9% | |
| 6 | Heat source: other | 11 | 3.3% | |
| 7 | Cigarette lighter | 10 | 3.0% | |
| 8 | Chemical reaction | 10 | 3.0% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 49 | 14.6% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 44118 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 101% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $66,000,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Catastrophic |
| 2 | $2,000,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 3 | $250,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 4 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 5 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 6 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 7 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 8 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 44118.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cleveland Heights | 1,568 | |
| 2 | University Heights | 900 | |
| 3 | South Euclid | 49 | |
| 4 | East Cleveland | 38 | |
| 5 | Shaker Heights | 33 |
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 — 2,634 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.