ZIP 48120 recorded 87 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 451 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Wayne County, MI. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Moderate.
451 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 108 | |
| 2022 | 70 | |
| 2023 | 88 | |
| 2024 | 98 | |
| 2025 | 87 |
Jul peaks. Dec dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 48120 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Power line down | 115 | 25.5% | |
| 2 | Passenger vehicle fire | 38 | 8.4% | |
| 3 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 35 | 7.8% | |
| 4 | Electrical wiring/equipment problem, other | 27 | 6.0% | |
| 5 | Cooking fire, confined to container | 23 | 5.1% |
For the 2 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 48120 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 31 | 19.3% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 30 | 18.6% | |
| 3 | Outside area, other | 22 | 13.7% | |
| 4 | Cooking area, kitchen | 13 | 8.1% | |
| 5 | Other | 9 | 5.6% | |
| 6 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 9 | 5.6% | |
| 7 | Chute/container - trash, rubbish, waste | 8 | 5.0% | |
| 8 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 8 | 5.0% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 31 | 19.3% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 82 | 50.9% | |
| 2 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 15 | 9.3% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 14 | 8.7% | |
| 4 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 10 | 6.2% | |
| 5 | Heat source: other | 6 | 3.7% | |
| 6 | Arcing | 6 | 3.7% | |
| 7 | Heat, spark from friction | 3 | 1.9% | |
| 8 | Hot ember or ash | 3 | 1.9% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 22 | 13.7% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 48120 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 189% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $350,000 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | 2025 | Major |
| 2 | $299,043 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 3 | $130,079 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 4 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 5 | $100,000 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | 2025 | Significant |
| 6 | $75,000 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | 2024 | Significant |
| 7 | $70,000 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | 2022 | Significant |
| 8 | $64,634 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 48120.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dearborn | 448 | |
| 2 | Melvindale | 2 | |
| 3 | Detroit | 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 — 451 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.