ZIP 99217 recorded 163 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 870 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Spokane County, WA. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Very High.
870 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 178 | |
| 2022 | 195 | |
| 2023 | 236 | |
| 2024 | 98 | |
| 2025 | 163 |
Jul peaks. Feb dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 99217 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Unauthorized burning | 184 | 21.1% | |
| 2 | Building fires | 91 | 10.5% | |
| 3 | Outside rubbish, trash or waste fire | 73 | 8.4% | |
| 4 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 72 | 8.3% | |
| 5 | Attempted burning, illegal action, other | 63 | 7.2% |
For the 17 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 99217 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 49 | 26.8% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 19 | 10.4% | |
| 3 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 12 | 6.6% | |
| 4 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 11 | 6.0% | |
| 5 | Cargo/trunk area - all vehicles | 9 | 4.9% | |
| 6 | Outside area, other | 8 | 4.4% | |
| 7 | Other | 5 | 2.7% | |
| 8 | Cooking area, kitchen | 5 | 2.7% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 65 | 35.5% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 113 | 61.7% | |
| 2 | Arcing | 12 | 6.6% | |
| 3 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 11 | 6.0% | |
| 4 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 10 | 5.5% | |
| 5 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 7 | 3.8% | |
| 6 | Cigarette lighter | 7 | 3.8% | |
| 7 | Hot ember or ash | 5 | 2.7% | |
| 8 | Heat source: other | 3 | 1.6% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 15 | 8.2% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 99217 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 158% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $700,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 2 | $500,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 3 | $400,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 4 | $350,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 5 | $300,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 6 | $269,300 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 7 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 8 | $125,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 99217.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spokane | 867 | |
| 2 | Cheney | 1 | |
| 3 | Medical Lake | 1 | |
| 4 | Spokane Valley | 1 |
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 — 870 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.