ZIP 98102 recorded 257 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,230 across 2021–2025. Primary county: King County, WA. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as High.
1,230 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 256 | |
| 2022 | 212 | |
| 2023 | 251 | |
| 2024 | 254 | |
| 2025 | 257 |
May peaks. Jul dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 98102 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Outside rubbish, trash or waste fire | 291 | 23.7% | |
| 2 | Outside rubbish fire, other | 172 | 14.0% | |
| 3 | Cooking fire, confined to container | 137 | 11.1% | |
| 4 | Dumpster or other outside trash receptacle fire | 101 | 8.2% | |
| 5 | Trash or rubbish fire, contained | 88 | 7.2% |
For the 9 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 98102 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Outside area, other | 27 | 13.6% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 25 | 12.6% | |
| 3 | Cooking area, kitchen | 16 | 8.1% | |
| 4 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 16 | 8.1% | |
| 5 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 11 | 5.6% | |
| 6 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 9 | 4.5% | |
| 7 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 8 | 4.0% | |
| 8 | Wildland, woods | 8 | 4.0% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 78 | 39.4% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 80 | 40.4% | |
| 2 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 26 | 13.1% | |
| 3 | Heat source: other | 18 | 9.1% | |
| 4 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 13 | 6.6% | |
| 5 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 11 | 5.6% | |
| 6 | Hot ember or ash | 10 | 5.1% | |
| 7 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 8 | 4.0% | |
| 8 | Arcing | 6 | 3.0% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 26 | 13.1% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 98102 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 471% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $350,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 2 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 3 | $100,000 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | 2022 | Significant |
| 4 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 5 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 6 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 7 | $50,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 8 | $50,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 98102.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Seattle | 1,230 |
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 — 1,230 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.