ZIP 53210 recorded 264 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,748 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Milwaukee County, WI.
1,748 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 84 | |
| 2022 | 537 | |
| 2023 | 558 | |
| 2024 | 305 | |
| 2025 | 264 |
Jan peaks. May dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 53210 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 416 | 23.8% | |
| 2 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 240 | 13.7% | |
| 3 | Carbon monoxide incident | 142 | 8.1% | |
| 4 | Passenger vehicle fire | 131 | 7.5% | |
| 5 | Trash or rubbish fire, contained | 112 | 6.4% |
For the 28 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 53210 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 218 | 25.4% | |
| 2 | Cooking area, kitchen | 105 | 12.2% | |
| 3 | Outside area, other | 68 | 7.9% | |
| 4 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 60 | 7.0% | |
| 5 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 43 | 5.0% | |
| 6 | Other | 27 | 3.1% | |
| 7 | Function area, other | 26 | 3.0% | |
| 8 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 23 | 2.7% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 289 | 33.6% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 585 | 68.1% | |
| 2 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 56 | 6.5% | |
| 3 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 44 | 5.1% | |
| 4 | Heat source: other | 31 | 3.6% | |
| 5 | Hot ember or ash | 28 | 3.3% | |
| 6 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 23 | 2.7% | |
| 7 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 20 | 2.3% | |
| 8 | Arcing | 14 | 1.6% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 58 | 6.8% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 53210 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 512% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $3,019,463 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 2 | $1,217,786 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 3 | $1,034,374 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 4 | $916,038 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 5 | $800,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 6 | $796,183 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 7 | $787,448 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 8 | $756,195 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 53210.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Milwaukee | 1,443 | |
| 2 | Brown Deer | 133 | |
| 3 | Wauwatosa | 38 | |
| 4 | Franklin | 20 | |
| 5 | Glendale | 20 |
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 — 1,748 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.