ZIP 48226 recorded 63 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 330 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Wayne County, MI. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Moderate.
330 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 24 | |
| 2022 | 93 | |
| 2023 | 59 | |
| 2024 | 91 | |
| 2025 | 63 |
May peaks. Dec dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 48226 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cooking fire, confined to container | 47 | 14.2% | |
| 2 | Passenger vehicle fire | 37 | 11.2% | |
| 3 | Outside rubbish, trash or waste fire | 34 | 10.3% | |
| 4 | Building fires | 33 | 10.0% | |
| 5 | Dumpster or other outside trash receptacle fire | 33 | 10.0% |
For the 9 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 48226 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 35 | 27.3% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 13 | 10.2% | |
| 3 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 11 | 8.6% | |
| 4 | Cooking area, kitchen | 10 | 7.8% | |
| 5 | Chute/container - trash, rubbish, waste | 7 | 5.5% | |
| 6 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 7 | 5.5% | |
| 7 | Outside area, other | 7 | 5.5% | |
| 8 | Laundry area, wash house (laundry) | 5 | 3.9% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 33 | 25.8% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 82 | 64.1% | |
| 2 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 7 | 5.5% | |
| 3 | Arcing | 6 | 4.7% | |
| 4 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 6 | 4.7% | |
| 5 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 4 | 3.1% | |
| 6 | Hot ember or ash | 4 | 3.1% | |
| 7 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 3 | 2.3% | |
| 8 | Heat from undetermined smoking material | 3 | 2.3% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 13 | 10.2% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 48226 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 798% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $2,000,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 2 | $250,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 3 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 4 | $100,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2023 | Significant |
| 5 | $50,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 6 | $45,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2024 | Significant |
| 7 | $25,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 8 | $20,000 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | 2022 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 48226.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Detroit | 329 | |
| 2 | Harper Woods | 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 — 330 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.