ZIP 53219 recorded 158 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 614 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Milwaukee County, WI.
614 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 85 | |
| 2022 | 127 | |
| 2023 | 130 | |
| 2024 | 114 | |
| 2025 | 158 |
Aug peaks. Apr dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 53219 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 93 | 15.1% | |
| 2 | Building fires | 82 | 13.4% | |
| 3 | Carbon monoxide incident | 80 | 13.0% | |
| 4 | Electrical wiring/equipment problem, other | 63 | 10.3% | |
| 5 | Power line down | 52 | 8.5% |
For the 27 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 53219 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cooking area, kitchen | 23 | 15.3% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 19 | 12.7% | |
| 3 | Outside area, other | 17 | 11.3% | |
| 4 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 14 | 9.3% | |
| 5 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 9 | 6.0% | |
| 6 | Chute/container - trash, rubbish, waste | 7 | 4.7% | |
| 7 | Vehicle area, other | 7 | 4.7% | |
| 8 | Other | 5 | 3.3% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 49 | 32.7% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 76 | 50.7% | |
| 2 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 19 | 12.7% | |
| 3 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 10 | 6.7% | |
| 4 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 9 | 6.0% | |
| 5 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 5 | 3.3% | |
| 6 | Heat source: other | 3 | 2.0% | |
| 7 | Arcing | 3 | 2.0% | |
| 8 | Hot ember or ash | 3 | 2.0% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 22 | 14.7% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 53219 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 187% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $243,180 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 2 | $236,959 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 3 | $216,966 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 4 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 5 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 6 | $90,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 7 | $70,728 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 8 | $53,900 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 53219.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Allis | 294 | |
| 2 | Milwaukee | 236 | |
| 3 | Greenfield | 28 | |
| 4 | Franklin | 24 | |
| 5 | West Milwaukee | 24 |
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 — 614 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.