ZIP 98003 recorded 586 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 3,064 across 2021–2025. Primary county: King County, WA. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as High.
3,064 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 586 | |
| 2022 | 601 | |
| 2023 | 752 | |
| 2024 | 539 | |
| 2025 | 586 |
Jul peaks. Dec dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 98003 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Unauthorized burning | 573 | 18.7% | |
| 2 | Natural vegetation fire, other | 466 | 15.2% | |
| 3 | Outside rubbish, trash or waste fire | 311 | 10.2% | |
| 4 | Building fires | 236 | 7.7% | |
| 5 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 225 | 7.3% |
For the 32 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 98003 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 192 | 16.8% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 184 | 16.1% | |
| 3 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 133 | 11.7% | |
| 4 | Outside area, other | 115 | 10.1% | |
| 5 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 90 | 7.9% | |
| 6 | Cooking area, kitchen | 83 | 7.3% | |
| 7 | Wildland, woods | 55 | 4.8% | |
| 8 | Vehicle area, other | 23 | 2.0% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 265 | 23.2% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 534 | 46.8% | |
| 2 | Cigarette | 128 | 11.2% | |
| 3 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 103 | 9.0% | |
| 4 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 53 | 4.6% | |
| 5 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 48 | 4.2% | |
| 6 | Hot ember or ash | 47 | 4.1% | |
| 7 | Arcing | 36 | 3.2% | |
| 8 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 33 | 2.9% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 158 | 13.9% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 98003 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 189% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $850,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Major |
| 2 | $553,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 3 | $500,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 4 | $484,500 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 5 | $400,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 6 | $330,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 7 | $300,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 8 | $300,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 98003.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Federal Way | 3,015 | |
| 2 | Auburn | 25 | |
| 3 | Des Moines | 5 | |
| 4 | Kent | 3 | |
| 5 | Fife | 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 — 3,064 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.