ZIP 49002 recorded 212 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,115 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Kalamazoo County, MI.
1,115 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 181 | |
| 2022 | 225 | |
| 2023 | 226 | |
| 2024 | 271 | |
| 2025 | 212 |
May peaks. Apr dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 49002 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Power line down | 244 | 21.9% | |
| 2 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 136 | 12.2% | |
| 3 | Building fires | 120 | 10.8% | |
| 4 | Unauthorized burning | 94 | 8.4% | |
| 5 | Carbon monoxide incident | 59 | 5.3% |
For the 18 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 49002 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 33 | 19.0% | |
| 2 | Cooking area, kitchen | 22 | 12.6% | |
| 3 | Outside area, other | 10 | 5.7% | |
| 4 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 8 | 4.6% | |
| 5 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 7 | 4.0% | |
| 6 | Chute/container - trash, rubbish, waste | 7 | 4.0% | |
| 7 | Operator/passenger area of transportation equip. | 7 | 4.0% | |
| 8 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 7 | 4.0% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 73 | 42.0% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 55 | 31.6% | |
| 2 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 33 | 19.0% | |
| 3 | Arcing | 24 | 13.8% | |
| 4 | Cigarette | 9 | 5.2% | |
| 5 | Hot ember or ash | 8 | 4.6% | |
| 6 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 7 | 4.0% | |
| 7 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 5 | 2.9% | |
| 8 | Heat, spark from friction | 5 | 2.9% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 28 | 16.1% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 49002 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 908% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $2,000,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Major |
| 2 | $400,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 3 | $250,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 4 | $220,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 5 | $196,800 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 6 | $160,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 7 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 8 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 49002.
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 — 1,115 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.