ZIP 53209 recorded 560 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 2,427 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Milwaukee County, WI.
2,427 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 204 | |
| 2022 | 545 | |
| 2023 | 584 | |
| 2024 | 534 | |
| 2025 | 560 |
Jul peaks. Feb dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 53209 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 450 | 18.5% | |
| 2 | Building fires | 383 | 15.8% | |
| 3 | Carbon monoxide incident | 327 | 13.5% | |
| 4 | Passenger vehicle fire | 257 | 10.6% | |
| 5 | Electrical wiring/equipment problem, other | 125 | 5.2% |
For the 67 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 53209 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 215 | 28.8% | |
| 2 | Cooking area, kitchen | 101 | 13.5% | |
| 3 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 69 | 9.2% | |
| 4 | Outside area, other | 67 | 9.0% | |
| 5 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 30 | 4.0% | |
| 6 | Other | 25 | 3.4% | |
| 7 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 24 | 3.2% | |
| 8 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 21 | 2.8% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 194 | 26.0% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 517 | 69.3% | |
| 2 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 45 | 6.0% | |
| 3 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 36 | 4.8% | |
| 4 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 31 | 4.2% | |
| 5 | Heat source: other | 23 | 3.1% | |
| 6 | Hot ember or ash | 20 | 2.7% | |
| 7 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 13 | 1.7% | |
| 8 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 12 | 1.6% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 49 | 6.6% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 53209 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 136% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $1,697,388 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 2 | $1,224,825 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 3 | $800,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 4 | $352,475 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 5 | $299,551 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 6 | $205,232 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 7 | $202,634 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 8 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 53209.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Milwaukee | 1,960 | |
| 2 | Glendale | 291 | |
| 3 | Brown Deer | 160 | |
| 4 | Fox Point | 3 | |
| 5 | Butler | 2 |
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 — 2,427 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.