ZIP 75042 recorded 212 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 825 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Dallas County, TX. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Very High.
825 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 112 | |
| 2022 | 34 | |
| 2023 | 165 | |
| 2024 | 302 | |
| 2025 | 212 |
May peaks. Sep dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 75042 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 195 | 23.6% | |
| 2 | Outside rubbish, trash or waste fire | 123 | 14.9% | |
| 3 | Power line down | 93 | 11.3% | |
| 4 | Arcing, shorted electrical equipment | 67 | 8.1% | |
| 5 | Building fires | 66 | 8.0% |
For the 27 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 75042 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 21 | 16.2% | |
| 2 | Cooking area, kitchen | 13 | 10.0% | |
| 3 | Outside area, other | 10 | 7.7% | |
| 4 | Undetermined | 10 | 7.7% | |
| 5 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 5 | 3.8% | |
| 6 | Processing/manufacturing area, workroom | 5 | 3.8% | |
| 7 | Laundry area, wash house (laundry) | 4 | 3.1% | |
| 8 | Equipment or service area, other | 4 | 3.1% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 58 | 44.6% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 45 | 34.6% | |
| 2 | Arcing | 20 | 15.4% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 13 | 10.0% | |
| 4 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 11 | 8.5% | |
| 5 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 6 | 4.6% | |
| 6 | Hot ember or ash | 5 | 3.8% | |
| 7 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 4 | 3.1% | |
| 8 | Cigarette | 4 | 3.1% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 22 | 16.9% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 75042 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 711% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $5,000,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Catastrophic |
| 2 | $322,660 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 3 | $175,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 4 | $163,260 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 5 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 6 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 7 | $85,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 8 | $70,000 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | 2024 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 75042.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Garland | 816 | |
| 2 | Dallas | 5 | |
| 3 | DeSoto | 1 | |
| 4 | Princeton | 1 | |
| 5 | Richardson | 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 — 825 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.