ZIP 45240 recorded 239 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,450 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Hamilton County, OH. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Moderate.
1,450 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 239 | |
| 2022 | 286 | |
| 2023 | 363 | |
| 2024 | 323 | |
| 2025 | 239 |
Jun peaks. Dec dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 45240 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 503 | 34.7% | |
| 2 | Power line down | 96 | 6.6% | |
| 3 | Cooking fire, confined to container | 91 | 6.3% | |
| 4 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 91 | 6.3% | |
| 5 | Arcing, shorted electrical equipment | 83 | 5.7% |
For the 98 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 45240 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cooking area, kitchen | 46 | 14.5% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 39 | 12.3% | |
| 3 | Outside area, other | 39 | 12.3% | |
| 4 | Undetermined | 28 | 8.8% | |
| 5 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 25 | 7.9% | |
| 6 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 18 | 5.7% | |
| 7 | Operator/passenger area of transportation equip. | 11 | 3.5% | |
| 8 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 10 | 3.1% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 102 | 32.1% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 159 | 50.0% | |
| 2 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 22 | 6.9% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 18 | 5.7% | |
| 4 | Arcing | 15 | 4.7% | |
| 5 | Hot ember or ash | 15 | 4.7% | |
| 6 | Chemical reaction | 11 | 3.5% | |
| 7 | Cigarette lighter | 10 | 3.1% | |
| 8 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 8 | 2.5% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 60 | 18.9% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 45240 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 525% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $1,000,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 2 | $300,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 3 | $275,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 4 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 5 | $175,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 6 | $156,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 7 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 8 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 45240.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Forest Park | 1,005 | |
| 2 | Cincinnati | 145 | |
| 3 | Springdale | 34 | |
| 4 | Woodlawn | 5 | |
| 5 | Fairfield | 3 |
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 — 1,450 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.