ZIP 60471 recorded 148 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 809 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Cook County, IL. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Moderate.
809 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 177 | |
| 2022 | 168 | |
| 2023 | 133 | |
| 2024 | 183 | |
| 2025 | 148 |
Jul peaks. Feb dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 60471 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 277 | 34.2% | |
| 2 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 105 | 13.0% | |
| 3 | Carbon monoxide incident | 102 | 12.6% | |
| 4 | Cooking fire, confined to container | 69 | 8.5% | |
| 5 | Arcing, shorted electrical equipment | 37 | 4.6% |
For the 80 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 60471 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cooking area, kitchen | 60 | 30.0% | |
| 2 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 16 | 8.0% | |
| 3 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 15 | 7.5% | |
| 4 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 15 | 7.5% | |
| 5 | Undetermined | 15 | 7.5% | |
| 6 | Chute/container - trash, rubbish, waste | 13 | 6.5% | |
| 7 | Outside area, other | 13 | 6.5% | |
| 8 | Bathroom, checkroom, lavatory, locker room | 8 | 4.0% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 45 | 22.5% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 81 | 40.5% | |
| 2 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 27 | 13.5% | |
| 3 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 13 | 6.5% | |
| 4 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 12 | 6.0% | |
| 5 | Heat source: other | 8 | 4.0% | |
| 6 | Arcing | 7 | 3.5% | |
| 7 | Fireworks | 7 | 3.5% | |
| 8 | Heat from direct flame, convection currents | 7 | 3.5% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 38 | 19.0% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 60471 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 446% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $800,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Major |
| 2 | $300,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 3 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 4 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 5 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 6 | $120,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 7 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 8 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 60471.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Richton Park | 772 | |
| 2 | Crete | 2 | |
| 3 | Sauk Village | 2 | |
| 4 | University Park | 2 | |
| 5 | Worth | 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 — 809 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.