ZIP 53208 recorded 294 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,185 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Milwaukee County, WI.
1,185 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 86 | |
| 2022 | 264 | |
| 2023 | 250 | |
| 2024 | 291 | |
| 2025 | 294 |
Jan peaks. Mar dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 53208 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 190 | 16.0% | |
| 2 | Building fires | 158 | 13.3% | |
| 3 | Carbon monoxide incident | 131 | 11.1% | |
| 4 | Passenger vehicle fire | 124 | 10.5% | |
| 5 | Trash or rubbish fire, contained | 102 | 8.6% |
For the 42 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 53208 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 116 | 21.1% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 75 | 13.6% | |
| 3 | Outside area, other | 62 | 11.3% | |
| 4 | Cooking area, kitchen | 57 | 10.4% | |
| 5 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 22 | 4.0% | |
| 6 | Operator/passenger area of transportation equip. | 21 | 3.8% | |
| 7 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 18 | 3.3% | |
| 8 | Wall surface: exterior | 13 | 2.4% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 166 | 30.2% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 387 | 70.4% | |
| 2 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 30 | 5.5% | |
| 3 | Hot ember or ash | 27 | 4.9% | |
| 4 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 25 | 4.5% | |
| 5 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 23 | 4.2% | |
| 6 | Heat source: other | 13 | 2.4% | |
| 7 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 7 | 1.3% | |
| 8 | Cigarette | 5 | 0.9% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 33 | 6.0% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 53208 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 131% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $7,600,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Catastrophic |
| 2 | $4,071,285 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 3 | $3,732,641 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 4 | $2,114,595 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 5 | $964,188 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 6 | $883,418 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 7 | $500,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 8 | $482,291 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 53208.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Milwaukee | 1,121 | |
| 2 | Brown Deer | 54 | |
| 3 | Wauwatosa | 5 | |
| 4 | South Milwaukee | 2 | |
| 5 | Edgerton | 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 — 1,185 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.