ZIP 53202 recorded 266 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 893 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Milwaukee County, WI.
893 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 53 | |
| 2022 | 207 | |
| 2023 | 186 | |
| 2024 | 181 | |
| 2025 | 266 |
Jun peaks. Oct dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 53202 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 191 | 21.4% | |
| 2 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 139 | 15.6% | |
| 3 | Carbon monoxide incident | 88 | 9.9% | |
| 4 | Fire, other | 52 | 5.8% | |
| 5 | Cooking fire, confined to container | 39 | 4.4% |
For the 48 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 53202 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 39 | 22.3% | |
| 2 | Cooking area, kitchen | 32 | 18.3% | |
| 3 | Outside area, other | 32 | 18.3% | |
| 4 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 12 | 6.9% | |
| 5 | Chute/container - trash, rubbish, waste | 8 | 4.6% | |
| 6 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 8 | 4.6% | |
| 7 | Laundry area, wash house (laundry) | 5 | 2.9% | |
| 8 | Vehicle area, other | 5 | 2.9% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 34 | 19.4% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 113 | 64.6% | |
| 2 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 10 | 5.7% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 9 | 5.1% | |
| 4 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 8 | 4.6% | |
| 5 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 7 | 4.0% | |
| 6 | Heat source: other | 6 | 3.4% | |
| 7 | Hot ember or ash | 6 | 3.4% | |
| 8 | Explosive, fireworks, other | 4 | 2.3% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 12 | 6.9% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 53202 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 197% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $1,738,291 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 2 | $1,165,714 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 3 | $500,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 4 | $210,836 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 5 | $192,598 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 6 | $165,898 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 7 | $107,662 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 8 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 53202.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Milwaukee | 876 | |
| 2 | Shorewood | 9 | |
| 3 | South Milwaukee | 4 | |
| 4 | Bayside | 2 | |
| 5 | West Bend | 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 — 893 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.