ZIP 98188 recorded 261 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,769 across 2021–2025. Primary county: King County, WA. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as High.
1,769 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 469 | |
| 2022 | 285 | |
| 2023 | 420 | |
| 2024 | 334 | |
| 2025 | 261 |
Jul peaks. Jan dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 98188 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Special outside fire, other | 292 | 16.5% | |
| 2 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 236 | 13.3% | |
| 3 | Building fires | 139 | 7.9% | |
| 4 | Outside rubbish, trash or waste fire | 137 | 7.7% | |
| 5 | Passenger vehicle fire | 115 | 6.5% |
For the 26 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 98188 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 188 | 29.0% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 111 | 17.1% | |
| 3 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 69 | 10.6% | |
| 4 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 66 | 10.2% | |
| 5 | Other | 35 | 5.4% | |
| 6 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 21 | 3.2% | |
| 7 | Operator/passenger area of transportation equip. | 12 | 1.8% | |
| 8 | Cooking area, kitchen | 11 | 1.7% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 136 | 21.0% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 463 | 71.3% | |
| 2 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 25 | 3.9% | |
| 3 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 25 | 3.9% | |
| 4 | Hot ember or ash | 18 | 2.8% | |
| 5 | Cigarette | 18 | 2.8% | |
| 6 | Heat source: other | 17 | 2.6% | |
| 7 | Arcing | 12 | 1.8% | |
| 8 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 10 | 1.5% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 61 | 9.4% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 98188 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 743% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $3,000,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Major |
| 2 | $2,750,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 3 | $1,000,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 4 | $350,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 5 | $250,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 6 | $250,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 7 | $200,000 | Mobile property (vehicle) fire, other | 2023 | Significant |
| 8 | $175,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 98188.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tukwila | 1,093 | |
| 2 | SeaTac | 643 | |
| 3 | Renton | 12 | |
| 4 | Kent | 3 | |
| 5 | Des Moines | 2 |
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 — 1,769 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.