ZIP 98144 recorded 640 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 2,836 across 2021–2025. Primary county: King County, WA. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as High.
2,836 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 395 | |
| 2022 | 614 | |
| 2023 | 607 | |
| 2024 | 580 | |
| 2025 | 640 |
Aug peaks. Feb dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 98144 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Outside rubbish, trash or waste fire | 572 | 20.2% | |
| 2 | Cooking fire, confined to container | 367 | 12.9% | |
| 3 | Outside rubbish fire, other | 350 | 12.3% | |
| 4 | Unauthorized burning | 254 | 9.0% | |
| 5 | Trash or rubbish fire, contained | 202 | 7.1% |
For the 20 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 98144 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Outside area, other | 143 | 22.3% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 109 | 17.0% | |
| 3 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 46 | 7.2% | |
| 4 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 38 | 5.9% | |
| 5 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 36 | 5.6% | |
| 6 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 25 | 3.9% | |
| 7 | Operator/passenger area of transportation equip. | 25 | 3.9% | |
| 8 | Wildland, woods | 22 | 3.4% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 196 | 30.6% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 341 | 53.3% | |
| 2 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 74 | 11.6% | |
| 3 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 30 | 4.7% | |
| 4 | Hot ember or ash | 29 | 4.5% | |
| 5 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 22 | 3.4% | |
| 6 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 22 | 3.4% | |
| 7 | Cigarette | 22 | 3.4% | |
| 8 | Heat source: other | 18 | 2.8% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 82 | 12.8% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 98144 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 97% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $400,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 2 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 3 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 4 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 5 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 6 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 7 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 8 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 98144.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Seattle | 2,836 |
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 — 2,836 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.