ZIP 98405 recorded 401 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 2,200 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Pierce County, WA. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as High.
2,200 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 467 | |
| 2022 | 432 | |
| 2023 | 364 | |
| 2024 | 536 | |
| 2025 | 401 |
Jul peaks. Dec dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 98405 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Outside rubbish, trash or waste fire | 486 | 22.1% | |
| 2 | Special outside fire, other | 302 | 13.7% | |
| 3 | Trash or rubbish fire, contained | 131 | 6.0% | |
| 4 | Accident, potential accident, other | 123 | 5.6% | |
| 5 | Building fires | 119 | 5.4% |
For the 10 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 98405 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Outside area, other | 446 | 60.8% | |
| 2 | Operator/passenger area of transportation equip. | 39 | 5.3% | |
| 3 | Cooking area, kitchen | 36 | 4.9% | |
| 4 | Undetermined | 33 | 4.5% | |
| 5 | Wall surface: exterior | 29 | 4.0% | |
| 6 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 24 | 3.3% | |
| 7 | Other | 19 | 2.6% | |
| 8 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 10 | 1.4% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 97 | 13.2% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 285 | 38.9% | |
| 2 | Incendiary device | 126 | 17.2% | |
| 3 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 68 | 9.3% | |
| 4 | Heat source: other | 35 | 4.8% | |
| 5 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 33 | 4.5% | |
| 6 | Cigarette lighter | 33 | 4.5% | |
| 7 | Cigarette | 25 | 3.4% | |
| 8 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 19 | 2.6% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 109 | 14.9% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 98405 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 863% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $350,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 2 | $300,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 3 | $250,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Major |
| 4 | $250,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 5 | $250,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 6 | $220,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 7 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 8 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 98405.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tacoma | 2,200 |
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 — 2,200 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.