ZIP 60305 recorded 93 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 567 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Cook County, IL. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Moderate.
567 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 121 | |
| 2022 | 109 | |
| 2023 | 127 | |
| 2024 | 117 | |
| 2025 | 93 |
Jun peaks. Apr dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 60305 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 130 | 22.9% | |
| 2 | Building fires | 66 | 11.6% | |
| 3 | Cooking fire, confined to container | 63 | 11.1% | |
| 4 | Power line down | 55 | 9.7% | |
| 5 | Carbon monoxide incident | 54 | 9.5% |
For the 11 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 60305 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 8 | 14.3% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 8 | 14.3% | |
| 3 | Cooking area, kitchen | 7 | 12.5% | |
| 4 | Undetermined | 4 | 7.1% | |
| 5 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 3 | 5.4% | |
| 6 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 3 | 5.4% | |
| 7 | Chute/container - trash, rubbish, waste | 2 | 3.6% | |
| 8 | Attic: vacant, crawl space above top story, cupola | 2 | 3.6% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 19 | 33.9% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 25 | 44.6% | |
| 2 | Arcing | 8 | 14.3% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 5 | 8.9% | |
| 4 | Heat source: other | 4 | 7.1% | |
| 5 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 3 | 5.4% | |
| 6 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 2 | 3.6% | |
| 7 | Hot ember or ash | 2 | 3.6% | |
| 8 | Heat, spark from friction | 1 | 1.8% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 6 | 10.7% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 60305 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 225% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $225,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 2 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 3 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 4 | $75,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 5 | $42,660 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 6 | $36,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2023 | Significant |
| 7 | $35,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 8 | $25,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2025 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 60305.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | River Forest | 527 | |
| 2 | Oak Park | 22 | |
| 3 | Forest Park | 16 |
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 — 567 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.