ZIP 44120 recorded 237 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,621 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Cuyahoga County, OH. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Moderate.
1,621 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 302 | |
| 2022 | 349 | |
| 2023 | 391 | |
| 2024 | 342 | |
| 2025 | 237 |
Aug peaks. Sep dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 44120 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 328 | 20.2% | |
| 2 | Power line down | 193 | 11.9% | |
| 3 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 149 | 9.2% | |
| 4 | Carbon monoxide incident | 136 | 8.4% | |
| 5 | Cooking fire, confined to container | 128 | 7.9% |
For the 46 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 44120 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cooking area, kitchen | 85 | 20.4% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 46 | 11.0% | |
| 3 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 33 | 7.9% | |
| 4 | Wall surface: exterior | 28 | 6.7% | |
| 5 | Undetermined | 21 | 5.0% | |
| 6 | Exterior balcony, unenclosed porch | 19 | 4.6% | |
| 7 | Bathroom, checkroom, lavatory, locker room | 14 | 3.4% | |
| 8 | Outside area, other | 14 | 3.4% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 157 | 37.6% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 121 | 29.0% | |
| 2 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 51 | 12.2% | |
| 3 | Arcing | 41 | 9.8% | |
| 4 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 36 | 8.6% | |
| 5 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 34 | 8.2% | |
| 6 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 21 | 5.0% | |
| 7 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 13 | 3.1% | |
| 8 | Hot ember or ash | 13 | 3.1% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 87 | 20.9% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 44120 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 192% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $400,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Major |
| 2 | $300,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 3 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 4 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 5 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 6 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 7 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 8 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 44120.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cleveland | 799 | |
| 2 | Shaker Heights | 796 | |
| 3 | East Cleveland | 2 | |
| 4 | Chagrin Falls | 1 | |
| 5 | University Heights | 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 — 1,621 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.