ZIP 53154 recorded 177 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 773 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Milwaukee County, WI.
773 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 155 | |
| 2022 | 100 | |
| 2023 | 164 | |
| 2024 | 177 | |
| 2025 | 177 |
May peaks. Feb dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 53154 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 145 | 18.8% | |
| 2 | Building fires | 120 | 15.5% | |
| 3 | Passenger vehicle fire | 62 | 8.0% | |
| 4 | Carbon monoxide incident | 61 | 7.9% | |
| 5 | Cooking fire, confined to container | 48 | 6.2% |
For the 21 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 53154 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 49 | 22.8% | |
| 2 | Cooking area, kitchen | 21 | 9.8% | |
| 3 | Undetermined | 19 | 8.8% | |
| 4 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 17 | 7.9% | |
| 5 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 15 | 7.0% | |
| 6 | Outside area, other | 8 | 3.7% | |
| 7 | Wildland, woods | 7 | 3.3% | |
| 8 | Laundry area, wash house (laundry) | 6 | 2.8% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 73 | 34.0% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 114 | 53.0% | |
| 2 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 20 | 9.3% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 19 | 8.8% | |
| 4 | Hot ember or ash | 9 | 4.2% | |
| 5 | Arcing | 8 | 3.7% | |
| 6 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 5 | 2.3% | |
| 7 | Heat from direct flame, convection currents | 5 | 2.3% | |
| 8 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 4 | 1.9% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 31 | 14.4% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 53154 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 188% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $200,000 | Outside equipment fire | 2025 | Significant |
| 2 | $100,000 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | 2022 | Significant |
| 3 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 4 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 5 | $86,500 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 6 | $75,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2021 | Significant |
| 7 | $75,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 8 | $65,000 | Camper or recreational vehicle (RV) fire | 2021 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 53154.
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 — 773 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.