ZIP 53225 recorded 185 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 775 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Milwaukee County, WI.
775 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 81 | |
| 2022 | 163 | |
| 2023 | 165 | |
| 2024 | 181 | |
| 2025 | 185 |
Jul peaks. Feb dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 53225 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Carbon monoxide incident | 159 | 20.5% | |
| 2 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 118 | 15.2% | |
| 3 | Power line down | 62 | 8.0% | |
| 4 | Building fires | 60 | 7.7% | |
| 5 | Passenger vehicle fire | 51 | 6.6% |
For the 9 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 53225 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 54 | 22.2% | |
| 2 | Cooking area, kitchen | 33 | 13.6% | |
| 3 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 27 | 11.1% | |
| 4 | Outside area, other | 27 | 11.1% | |
| 5 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 13 | 5.3% | |
| 6 | Other | 9 | 3.7% | |
| 7 | Chute/container - trash, rubbish, waste | 6 | 2.5% | |
| 8 | Wall surface: exterior | 6 | 2.5% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 68 | 28.0% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 143 | 58.8% | |
| 2 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 28 | 11.5% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 15 | 6.2% | |
| 4 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 13 | 5.3% | |
| 5 | Hot ember or ash | 9 | 3.7% | |
| 6 | Heat source: other | 4 | 1.6% | |
| 7 | Explosive, fireworks, other | 4 | 1.6% | |
| 8 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 4 | 1.6% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 23 | 9.5% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 53225 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 1211% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $5,227,263 | Building fires | 2024 | Catastrophic |
| 2 | $515,623 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 3 | $478,468 | Building fires | 2021 | Major |
| 4 | $400,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 5 | $337,904 | Building fires | 2021 | Major |
| 6 | $311,460 | Building fires | 2021 | Major |
| 7 | $256,461 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 8 | $243,436 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 53225.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Milwaukee | 635 | |
| 2 | Wauwatosa | 106 | |
| 3 | Glendale | 30 | |
| 4 | Franklin | 2 | |
| 5 | South Milwaukee | 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 — 775 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.