ZIP 48135 recorded 155 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,321 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Wayne County, MI. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Moderate.
1,321 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 272 | |
| 2022 | 249 | |
| 2023 | 403 | |
| 2024 | 242 | |
| 2025 | 155 |
Aug peaks. Dec dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 48135 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Power line down | 473 | 35.8% | |
| 2 | Building fires | 171 | 12.9% | |
| 3 | Unauthorized burning | 119 | 9.0% | |
| 4 | Arcing, shorted electrical equipment | 104 | 7.9% | |
| 5 | Electrical wiring/equipment problem, other | 98 | 7.4% |
For the 32 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 48135 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cooking area, kitchen | 46 | 20.8% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 22 | 10.0% | |
| 3 | Outside area, other | 18 | 8.1% | |
| 4 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 17 | 7.7% | |
| 5 | Undetermined | 15 | 6.8% | |
| 6 | Other | 14 | 6.3% | |
| 7 | Courtyard, patio, porch, terrace | 8 | 3.6% | |
| 8 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 8 | 3.6% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 73 | 33.0% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 94 | 42.5% | |
| 2 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 27 | 12.2% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 16 | 7.2% | |
| 4 | Arcing | 12 | 5.4% | |
| 5 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 11 | 5.0% | |
| 6 | Heat source: other | 10 | 4.5% | |
| 7 | Cigarette | 9 | 4.1% | |
| 8 | Heat from direct flame, convection currents | 7 | 3.2% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 35 | 15.8% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 48135 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 469% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $2,000,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 2 | $350,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Major |
| 3 | $160,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 4 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 5 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 6 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 7 | $75,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 8 | $65,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 48135.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Garden City | 1,292 | |
| 2 | Inkster | 16 | |
| 3 | Westland | 8 | |
| 4 | Wayne | 3 | |
| 5 | Dearborn Heights | 2 |
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 — 1,321 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.