ZIP 48009 recorded 116 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 957 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Oakland County, MI. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Moderate.
957 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 220 | |
| 2022 | 178 | |
| 2023 | 231 | |
| 2024 | 212 | |
| 2025 | 116 |
Aug peaks. Sep dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 48009 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Power line down | 369 | 38.6% | |
| 2 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 123 | 12.9% | |
| 3 | Electrical wiring/equipment problem, other | 72 | 7.5% | |
| 4 | Carbon monoxide incident | 70 | 7.3% | |
| 5 | Building fires | 53 | 5.5% |
For the 1 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 48009 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Outside area, other | 41 | 23.4% | |
| 2 | Cooking area, kitchen | 34 | 19.4% | |
| 3 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 15 | 8.6% | |
| 4 | Chute/container - trash, rubbish, waste | 8 | 4.6% | |
| 5 | Other | 7 | 4.0% | |
| 6 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 6 | 3.4% | |
| 7 | Laundry area, wash house (laundry) | 5 | 2.9% | |
| 8 | Courtyard, patio, porch, terrace | 5 | 2.9% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 54 | 30.9% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 37 | 21.1% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 34 | 19.4% | |
| 3 | Arcing | 16 | 9.1% | |
| 4 | Heat source: other | 12 | 6.9% | |
| 5 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 9 | 5.1% | |
| 6 | Hot ember or ash | 9 | 5.1% | |
| 7 | Cigarette | 9 | 5.1% | |
| 8 | Heat from direct flame, convection currents | 8 | 4.6% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 41 | 23.4% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 48009 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 13880% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $1,500,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 2 | $1,000,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Major |
| 3 | $995,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 4 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 5 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 6 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 7 | $155,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 8 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 48009.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Birmingham | 954 |
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 — 957 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.