ZIP 48221 recorded 198 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,077 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Wayne County, MI. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Moderate.
1,077 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 118 | |
| 2022 | 283 | |
| 2023 | 235 | |
| 2024 | 243 | |
| 2025 | 198 |
Jul peaks. Dec dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 48221 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Power line down | 208 | 19.3% | |
| 2 | Building fires | 196 | 18.2% | |
| 3 | Arcing, shorted electrical equipment | 119 | 11.0% | |
| 4 | Outside rubbish, trash or waste fire | 89 | 8.3% | |
| 5 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 78 | 7.2% |
For the 39 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 48221 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 121 | 32.0% | |
| 2 | Cooking area, kitchen | 32 | 8.5% | |
| 3 | Outside area, other | 29 | 7.7% | |
| 4 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 27 | 7.1% | |
| 5 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 17 | 4.5% | |
| 6 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 14 | 3.7% | |
| 7 | Other | 12 | 3.2% | |
| 8 | Wall surface: exterior | 11 | 2.9% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 115 | 30.4% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 255 | 67.5% | |
| 2 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 19 | 5.0% | |
| 3 | Heat source: other | 18 | 4.8% | |
| 4 | Arcing | 15 | 4.0% | |
| 5 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 13 | 3.4% | |
| 6 | Incendiary device | 8 | 2.1% | |
| 7 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 7 | 1.9% | |
| 8 | Hot ember or ash | 6 | 1.6% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 37 | 9.8% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 48221 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 207% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $500,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 2 | $300,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 3 | $250,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 4 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 5 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 6 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 7 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 8 | $180,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 48221.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Detroit | 1,077 |
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 — 1,077 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.