ZIP 60091 recorded 196 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,040 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Cook County, IL. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Moderate.
1,040 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 204 | |
| 2022 | 236 | |
| 2023 | 200 | |
| 2024 | 204 | |
| 2025 | 196 |
Aug peaks. Feb dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 60091 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 330 | 31.7% | |
| 2 | Power line down | 147 | 14.1% | |
| 3 | Building fires | 117 | 11.2% | |
| 4 | Arcing, shorted electrical equipment | 74 | 7.1% | |
| 5 | Carbon monoxide incident | 69 | 6.6% |
For the 18 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 60091 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Outside area, other | 14 | 14.4% | |
| 2 | Cooking area, kitchen | 10 | 10.3% | |
| 3 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 8 | 8.2% | |
| 4 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 7 | 7.2% | |
| 5 | Undetermined | 7 | 7.2% | |
| 6 | Laundry area, wash house (laundry) | 6 | 6.2% | |
| 7 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 6 | 6.2% | |
| 8 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 5 | 5.2% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 34 | 35.1% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 43 | 44.3% | |
| 2 | Arcing | 15 | 15.5% | |
| 3 | Hot ember or ash | 9 | 9.3% | |
| 4 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 7 | 7.2% | |
| 5 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 4 | 4.1% | |
| 6 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 3 | 3.1% | |
| 7 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 3 | 3.1% | |
| 8 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 2 | 2.1% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 11 | 11.3% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 60091 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 221% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $900,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 2 | $600,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 3 | $400,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 4 | $250,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 5 | $250,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 6 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 7 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 8 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 60091.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wilmette | 1,039 | |
| 2 | Northfield | 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 — 1,040 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.