ZIP 60056 recorded 303 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,450 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Cook County, IL. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Moderate.
1,450 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 265 | |
| 2022 | 245 | |
| 2023 | 258 | |
| 2024 | 379 | |
| 2025 | 303 |
Aug peaks. Dec dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 60056 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 310 | 21.4% | |
| 2 | Power line down | 168 | 11.6% | |
| 3 | Building fires | 158 | 10.9% | |
| 4 | Electrical wiring/equipment problem, other | 155 | 10.7% | |
| 5 | Carbon monoxide incident | 99 | 6.8% |
For the 24 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 60056 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Outside area, other | 68 | 22.2% | |
| 2 | Cooking area, kitchen | 41 | 13.4% | |
| 3 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 33 | 10.8% | |
| 4 | Undetermined | 32 | 10.5% | |
| 5 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 23 | 7.5% | |
| 6 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 19 | 6.2% | |
| 7 | Chute/container - trash, rubbish, waste | 16 | 5.2% | |
| 8 | Other | 10 | 3.3% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 64 | 20.9% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 113 | 36.9% | |
| 2 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 24 | 7.8% | |
| 3 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 24 | 7.8% | |
| 4 | Cigarette | 19 | 6.2% | |
| 5 | Arcing | 18 | 5.9% | |
| 6 | Heat source: other | 17 | 5.6% | |
| 7 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 14 | 4.6% | |
| 8 | Hot ember or ash | 11 | 3.6% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 66 | 21.6% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 60056 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 483% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $1,000,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 2 | $475,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Major |
| 3 | $400,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Major |
| 4 | $300,000 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | 2022 | Major |
| 5 | $250,000 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | 2024 | Major |
| 6 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 7 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 8 | $120,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 60056.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mount Prospect | 1,416 | |
| 2 | Des Plaines | 9 | |
| 3 | Arlington Heights | 4 | |
| 4 | Buffalo Grove | 2 | |
| 5 | Elk Grove Village | 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 — 1,450 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.