ZIP 60173 recorded 115 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 484 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Cook County, IL. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Moderate.
484 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 75 | |
| 2022 | 67 | |
| 2023 | 86 | |
| 2024 | 141 | |
| 2025 | 115 |
May peaks. Mar dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 60173 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 100 | 20.7% | |
| 2 | Grass fire | 45 | 9.3% | |
| 3 | Carbon monoxide incident | 36 | 7.4% | |
| 4 | Electrical wiring/equipment problem, other | 33 | 6.8% | |
| 5 | Passenger vehicle fire | 31 | 6.4% |
For the 9 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 60173 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Outside area, other | 27 | 17.9% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 25 | 16.6% | |
| 3 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 17 | 11.3% | |
| 4 | Cooking area, kitchen | 15 | 9.9% | |
| 5 | Undetermined | 10 | 6.6% | |
| 6 | Chute/container - trash, rubbish, waste | 8 | 5.3% | |
| 7 | Vehicle area, other | 6 | 4.0% | |
| 8 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 5 | 3.3% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 38 | 25.2% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 37 | 24.5% | |
| 2 | Cigarette | 20 | 13.2% | |
| 3 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 18 | 11.9% | |
| 4 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 17 | 11.3% | |
| 5 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 13 | 8.6% | |
| 6 | Heat source: other | 12 | 7.9% | |
| 7 | Sunlight | 8 | 5.3% | |
| 8 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 4 | 2.6% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 22 | 14.6% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 60173 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 166% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $200,000 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | 2025 | Significant |
| 2 | $158,169 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 3 | $80,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2023 | Significant |
| 4 | $67,629 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 5 | $35,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2023 | Significant |
| 6 | $25,000 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | 2025 | Significant |
| 7 | $23,800 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2024 | Significant |
| 8 | $20,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2024 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 60173.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Schaumburg | 476 | |
| 2 | Palatine | 2 | |
| 3 | Rolling Meadows | 2 | |
| 4 | Elk Grove Village | 1 | |
| 5 | Hoffman Estates | 1 |
Some ZIPs span multiple counties. The primary above is the largest by population weight; secondary counties are below.
| County | State | Weight | |
|---|---|---|---|
| DuPage County | IL | 0.50 | FIPS 17043 |
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 — 484 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.