ZIP 49009 recorded 375 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,940 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Kalamazoo County, MI.
1,940 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 379 | |
| 2022 | 407 | |
| 2023 | 442 | |
| 2024 | 337 | |
| 2025 | 375 |
Feb peaks. Dec dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 49009 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Power line down | 508 | 26.2% | |
| 2 | Building fires | 264 | 13.6% | |
| 3 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 181 | 9.3% | |
| 4 | Passenger vehicle fire | 128 | 6.6% | |
| 5 | Unauthorized burning | 97 | 5.0% |
For the 64 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 49009 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 81 | 21.3% | |
| 2 | Cooking area, kitchen | 48 | 12.6% | |
| 3 | Undetermined | 40 | 10.5% | |
| 4 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 28 | 7.3% | |
| 5 | Wildland, woods | 28 | 7.3% | |
| 6 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 16 | 4.2% | |
| 7 | Outside area, other | 16 | 4.2% | |
| 8 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 11 | 2.9% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 113 | 29.7% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 154 | 40.4% | |
| 2 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 48 | 12.6% | |
| 3 | Arcing | 29 | 7.6% | |
| 4 | Hot ember or ash | 23 | 6.0% | |
| 5 | Heat, spark from friction | 18 | 4.7% | |
| 6 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 17 | 4.5% | |
| 7 | Heat source: other | 11 | 2.9% | |
| 8 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 10 | 2.6% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 71 | 18.6% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 49009 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 189% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $902,817 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 2 | $405,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Major |
| 3 | $400,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 4 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 5 | $187,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 6 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 7 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 8 | $75,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 49009.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kalamazoo | 1,909 |
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 — 1,940 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.