ZIP 48146 recorded 152 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,525 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Wayne County, MI. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Moderate.
1,525 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 429 | |
| 2022 | 259 | |
| 2023 | 469 | |
| 2024 | 216 | |
| 2025 | 152 |
Feb peaks. Dec dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 48146 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Power line down | 381 | 25.0% | |
| 2 | Building fires | 242 | 15.9% | |
| 3 | Arcing, shorted electrical equipment | 132 | 8.7% | |
| 4 | Electrical wiring/equipment problem, other | 98 | 6.4% | |
| 5 | Carbon monoxide incident | 92 | 6.0% |
For the 33 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 48146 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 62 | 17.2% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 55 | 15.3% | |
| 3 | Outside area, other | 36 | 10.0% | |
| 4 | Other | 25 | 6.9% | |
| 5 | Cooking area, kitchen | 25 | 6.9% | |
| 6 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 17 | 4.7% | |
| 7 | Laundry area, wash house (laundry) | 16 | 4.4% | |
| 8 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 13 | 3.6% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 111 | 30.8% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 199 | 55.3% | |
| 2 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 27 | 7.5% | |
| 3 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 24 | 6.7% | |
| 4 | Arcing | 18 | 5.0% | |
| 5 | Hot ember or ash | 16 | 4.4% | |
| 6 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 15 | 4.2% | |
| 7 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 12 | 3.3% | |
| 8 | Heat source: other | 11 | 3.1% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 38 | 10.6% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 48146 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 168% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $300,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 2 | $258,042 | Building fires | 2021 | Major |
| 3 | $250,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 4 | $250,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 5 | $200,000 | Mobile property (vehicle) fire, other | 2023 | Significant |
| 6 | $200,000 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | 2024 | Significant |
| 7 | $193,616 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 8 | $150,000 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | 2024 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 48146.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lincoln Park | 1,513 | |
| 2 | Detroit | 8 | |
| 3 | Melvindale | 2 | |
| 4 | Flat Rock | 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 — 1,525 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.