ZIP 60115 recorded 410 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 2,338 across 2021–2025. Primary county: DeKalb County, IL.
2,338 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 447 | |
| 2022 | 543 | |
| 2023 | 454 | |
| 2024 | 484 | |
| 2025 | 410 |
May peaks. Nov dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 60115 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Power line down | 373 | 16.0% | |
| 2 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 309 | 13.2% | |
| 3 | Building fires | 251 | 10.7% | |
| 4 | Cooking fire, confined to container | 212 | 9.1% | |
| 5 | Carbon monoxide incident | 187 | 8.0% |
For the 36 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 60115 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 62 | 19.4% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 45 | 14.1% | |
| 3 | Cooking area, kitchen | 31 | 9.7% | |
| 4 | Outside area, other | 23 | 7.2% | |
| 5 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 18 | 5.6% | |
| 6 | Bathroom, checkroom, lavatory, locker room | 10 | 3.1% | |
| 7 | Other | 9 | 2.8% | |
| 8 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 8 | 2.5% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 114 | 35.6% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 175 | 54.7% | |
| 2 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 34 | 10.6% | |
| 3 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 21 | 6.6% | |
| 4 | Arcing | 14 | 4.4% | |
| 5 | Hot ember or ash | 12 | 3.8% | |
| 6 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 9 | 2.8% | |
| 7 | Heat, spark from friction | 9 | 2.8% | |
| 8 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 6 | 1.9% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 40 | 12.5% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 60115 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 370% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $1,300,000 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | 2021 | Major |
| 2 | $750,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 3 | $500,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 4 | $350,000 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | 2021 | Major |
| 5 | $350,000 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | 2021 | Major |
| 6 | $350,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 7 | $300,000 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | 2021 | Major |
| 8 | $280,000 | Dumpster or other outside trash receptacle fire | 2025 | Major |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 60115.
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 — 2,338 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.