ZIP 98349 recorded 56 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 305 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Pierce County, WA. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as High.
305 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 54 | |
| 2022 | 75 | |
| 2023 | 63 | |
| 2024 | 57 | |
| 2025 | 56 |
Jul peaks. Mar dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 98349 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Unauthorized burning | 90 | 29.5% | |
| 2 | Power line down | 33 | 10.8% | |
| 3 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 30 | 9.8% | |
| 4 | Building fires | 27 | 8.9% | |
| 5 | Authorized controlled burning | 25 | 8.2% |
For the 2 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 98349 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 19 | 30.2% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 6 | 9.5% | |
| 3 | Outside area, other | 5 | 7.9% | |
| 4 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 5 | 7.9% | |
| 5 | Other | 4 | 6.3% | |
| 6 | Cooking area, kitchen | 3 | 4.8% | |
| 7 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 2 | 3.2% | |
| 8 | Laundry area, wash house (laundry) | 2 | 3.2% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 17 | 27.0% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 29 | 46.0% | |
| 2 | Arcing | 7 | 11.1% | |
| 3 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 6 | 9.5% | |
| 4 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 5 | 7.9% | |
| 5 | Heat source: other | 4 | 6.3% | |
| 6 | Hot ember or ash | 2 | 3.2% | |
| 7 | Match | 2 | 3.2% | |
| 8 | Cigarette lighter | 2 | 3.2% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 6 | 9.5% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 98349 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 921% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $318,800 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 2 | $282,300 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 3 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 4 | $120,000 | Forest, woods or wildland fire | 2025 | Significant |
| 5 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 6 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 7 | $59,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 8 | $50,000 | Outside storage fire | 2021 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 98349.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gig Harbor | 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 — 305 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.