ZIP 98443 recorded 39 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 200 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Pierce County, WA. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as High.
200 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 50 | |
| 2022 | 50 | |
| 2023 | 32 | |
| 2024 | 29 | |
| 2025 | 39 |
Jul peaks. Jan dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 98443 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Unauthorized burning | 55 | 27.5% | |
| 2 | Authorized controlled burning | 17 | 8.5% | |
| 3 | Passenger vehicle fire | 14 | 7.0% | |
| 4 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 14 | 7.0% | |
| 5 | Outside rubbish, trash or waste fire | 14 | 7.0% |
For the 3 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 98443 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 14 | 31.1% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 8 | 17.8% | |
| 3 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 5 | 11.1% | |
| 4 | Other | 4 | 8.9% | |
| 5 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 3 | 6.7% | |
| 6 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 3 | 6.7% | |
| 7 | Vehicle area, other | 2 | 4.4% | |
| 8 | Entrance way, lobby | 1 | 2.2% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 5 | 11.1% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 28 | 62.2% | |
| 2 | Heat source: other | 6 | 13.3% | |
| 3 | Arcing | 3 | 6.7% | |
| 4 | Match | 2 | 4.4% | |
| 5 | Candle | 2 | 4.4% | |
| 6 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 1 | 2.2% | |
| 7 | Hot ember or ash | 1 | 2.2% | |
| 8 | Fireworks | 1 | 2.2% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 1 | 2.2% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 98443 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 942% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $400,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Major |
| 2 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 3 | $50,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 4 | $40,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 5 | $30,000 | Mobile property (vehicle) fire, other | 2024 | Significant |
| 6 | $15,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 7 | $14,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2023 | Significant |
| 8 | $10,492 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 98443.
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 — 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.