ZIP 60546 recorded 168 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 839 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Cook County, IL. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Moderate.
839 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 179 | |
| 2022 | 198 | |
| 2023 | 137 | |
| 2024 | 157 | |
| 2025 | 168 |
Jun peaks. Jan dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 60546 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 273 | 32.5% | |
| 2 | Power line down | 129 | 15.4% | |
| 3 | Carbon monoxide incident | 80 | 9.5% | |
| 4 | Building fires | 77 | 9.2% | |
| 5 | Arcing, shorted electrical equipment | 47 | 5.6% |
For the 12 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 60546 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cooking area, kitchen | 15 | 14.7% | |
| 2 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 14 | 13.7% | |
| 3 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 13 | 12.7% | |
| 4 | Undetermined | 10 | 9.8% | |
| 5 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 7 | 6.9% | |
| 6 | Wildland, woods | 7 | 6.9% | |
| 7 | Outside area, other | 6 | 5.9% | |
| 8 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 3 | 2.9% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 27 | 26.5% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 48 | 47.1% | |
| 2 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 9 | 8.8% | |
| 3 | Hot ember or ash | 7 | 6.9% | |
| 4 | Arcing | 5 | 4.9% | |
| 5 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 4 | 3.9% | |
| 6 | Flame/torch used for lighting | 4 | 3.9% | |
| 7 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 3 | 2.9% | |
| 8 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 3 | 2.9% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 19 | 18.6% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 60546 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 1472% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $1,000,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 2 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 3 | $29,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2025 | Significant |
| 4 | $15,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2022 | Significant |
| 5 | $15,000 | Fires in structures other than in a building | 2023 | Significant |
| 6 | $10,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 7 | $7,500 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2022 | Significant |
| 8 | $7,500 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2025 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 60546.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverside | 433 | |
| 2 | North Riverside | 365 | |
| 3 | Berwyn | 4 | |
| 4 | Cicero | 2 | |
| 5 | Joliet | 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 — 839 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.