ZIP 48185 recorded 224 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,413 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Wayne County, MI. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Moderate.
1,413 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 297 | |
| 2022 | 231 | |
| 2023 | 409 | |
| 2024 | 252 | |
| 2025 | 224 |
Mar peaks. Dec dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 48185 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Power line down | 375 | 26.5% | |
| 2 | Building fires | 165 | 11.7% | |
| 3 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 106 | 7.5% | |
| 4 | Carbon monoxide incident | 102 | 7.2% | |
| 5 | Cooking fire, confined to container | 95 | 6.7% |
For the 29 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 48185 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 31 | 16.2% | |
| 2 | Cooking area, kitchen | 22 | 11.5% | |
| 3 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 18 | 9.4% | |
| 4 | Outside area, other | 17 | 8.9% | |
| 5 | Wildland, woods | 12 | 6.3% | |
| 6 | Undetermined | 10 | 5.2% | |
| 7 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 8 | 4.2% | |
| 8 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 7 | 3.7% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 66 | 34.6% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 88 | 46.1% | |
| 2 | Arcing | 17 | 8.9% | |
| 3 | Hot ember or ash | 15 | 7.9% | |
| 4 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 12 | 6.3% | |
| 5 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 10 | 5.2% | |
| 6 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 7 | 3.7% | |
| 7 | Heat source: other | 6 | 3.1% | |
| 8 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 6 | 3.1% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 30 | 15.7% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 48185 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 325% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $2,000,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Major |
| 2 | $1,000,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 3 | $450,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 4 | $225,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 5 | $220,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 6 | $220,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 7 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 8 | $156,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 48185.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Westland | 1,394 | |
| 2 | Livonia | 12 | |
| 3 | Garden City | 5 | |
| 4 | Plymouth | 1 | |
| 5 | Wayne | 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 — 1,413 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.