ZIP 45224 recorded 149 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 795 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Hamilton County, OH. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Moderate.
795 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 145 | |
| 2022 | 103 | |
| 2023 | 179 | |
| 2024 | 219 | |
| 2025 | 149 |
Sep peaks. Apr dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 45224 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cooking fire, confined to container | 122 | 15.3% | |
| 2 | Power line down | 101 | 12.7% | |
| 3 | Building fires | 91 | 11.4% | |
| 4 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 79 | 9.9% | |
| 5 | Carbon monoxide incident | 67 | 8.4% |
For the 17 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 45224 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 30 | 17.5% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 23 | 13.5% | |
| 3 | Outside area, other | 20 | 11.7% | |
| 4 | Cooking area, kitchen | 19 | 11.1% | |
| 5 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 14 | 8.2% | |
| 6 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 12 | 7.0% | |
| 7 | Other | 5 | 2.9% | |
| 8 | Laundry area, wash house (laundry) | 5 | 2.9% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 43 | 25.1% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 71 | 41.5% | |
| 2 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 12 | 7.0% | |
| 3 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 12 | 7.0% | |
| 4 | Cigarette lighter | 10 | 5.8% | |
| 5 | Hot ember or ash | 9 | 5.3% | |
| 6 | Arcing | 7 | 4.1% | |
| 7 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 6 | 3.5% | |
| 8 | Heat source: other | 5 | 2.9% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 39 | 22.8% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 45224 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 152% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $1,300,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 2 | $500,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 3 | $300,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 4 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 5 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 6 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 7 | $100,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2022 | Significant |
| 8 | $85,000 | Fire, other | 2023 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 45224.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cincinnati | 538 | |
| 2 | North College Hill | 50 |
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 — 795 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.