ZIP 60612 recorded 641 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 3,157 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Cook County, IL. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Moderate.
3,157 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 613 | |
| 2022 | 625 | |
| 2023 | 647 | |
| 2024 | 631 | |
| 2025 | 641 |
Jul peaks. Mar dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 60612 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 751 | 23.8% | |
| 2 | Trash or rubbish fire, contained | 478 | 15.1% | |
| 3 | Carbon monoxide incident | 418 | 13.2% | |
| 4 | Cooking fire, confined to container | 279 | 8.8% | |
| 5 | Outside rubbish, trash or waste fire | 213 | 6.7% |
For the 25 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 60612 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 245 | 45.6% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 65 | 12.1% | |
| 3 | Outside area, other | 30 | 5.6% | |
| 4 | Vehicle area, other | 26 | 4.8% | |
| 5 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 19 | 3.5% | |
| 6 | Cooking area, kitchen | 18 | 3.4% | |
| 7 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 13 | 2.4% | |
| 8 | Laundry area, wash house (laundry) | 10 | 1.9% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 111 | 20.7% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 423 | 78.8% | |
| 2 | Heat source: other | 23 | 4.3% | |
| 3 | Arcing | 18 | 3.4% | |
| 4 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 15 | 2.8% | |
| 5 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 13 | 2.4% | |
| 6 | Heat from direct flame, convection currents | 6 | 1.1% | |
| 7 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 5 | 0.9% | |
| 8 | Fireworks | 5 | 0.9% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 29 | 5.4% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 60612 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 277% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 2 | $80,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 3 | $50,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 4 | $50,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 5 | $50,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 6 | $50,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 7 | $50,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 8 | $50,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 60612.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chicago | 3,157 |
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 — 3,157 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.