ZIP 53212 recorded 143 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 930 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Milwaukee County, WI.
930 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 78 | |
| 2022 | 273 | |
| 2023 | 267 | |
| 2024 | 169 | |
| 2025 | 143 |
Jul peaks. Aug dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 53212 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 139 | 14.9% | |
| 2 | Building fires | 123 | 13.2% | |
| 3 | Carbon monoxide incident | 114 | 12.3% | |
| 4 | Passenger vehicle fire | 81 | 8.7% | |
| 5 | Trash or rubbish fire, contained | 78 | 8.4% |
For the 22 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 53212 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 117 | 29.2% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 40 | 10.0% | |
| 3 | Cooking area, kitchen | 36 | 9.0% | |
| 4 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 32 | 8.0% | |
| 5 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 18 | 4.5% | |
| 6 | Operator/passenger area of transportation equip. | 16 | 4.0% | |
| 7 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 14 | 3.5% | |
| 8 | Other | 9 | 2.2% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 119 | 29.7% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 292 | 72.8% | |
| 2 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 23 | 5.7% | |
| 3 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 17 | 4.2% | |
| 4 | Heat source: other | 12 | 3.0% | |
| 5 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 8 | 2.0% | |
| 6 | Hot ember or ash | 7 | 1.7% | |
| 7 | Cigarette lighter | 7 | 1.7% | |
| 8 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 6 | 1.5% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 29 | 7.2% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 53212 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 613% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $1,421,757 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 2 | $564,352 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 3 | $399,934 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 4 | $298,322 | Building fires | 2021 | Major |
| 5 | $287,242 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 6 | $248,581 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 7 | $233,945 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 8 | $231,590 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 53212.
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 — 930 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.