In 2025, fire departments serving Edgeworth responded to 18 fire and hazmat incidents . Here's the full picture.
Power line down lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 94% of all calls.
Apr peaks. Aug dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
96 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2021.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 23 | — | |
| 2022 | 22 | -4.3% | |
| 2023 | 18 | -18.2% | |
| 2024 | 15 | -16.7% | |
| 2025 | 18 | +20.0% |
For the 0 building fires Edgeworth departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 9 building fires investigators classified across 2021–2025. The room or location where ignition occurred — kitchens, bedrooms, exterior, vehicle areas — tells you where to focus prevention.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cooking area, kitchen | 2 | 22.2% | |
| 2 | Cargo/trunk area - all vehicles | 2 | 22.2% | |
| 3 | Outside area, other | 2 | 22.2% | |
| 4 | Railroad right of way: on or near | 1 | 11.1% | |
| 5 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 1 | 11.1% | |
| 6 | Wildland, woods | 1 | 11.1% |
NFIRS Heat Source (HEAT_SOURC) — the physical thing that started it. Spark or ember from operating equipment, an open flame, smoking materials, or hot embers from a fireplace are the leading culprits nationwide. Here's the Edgeworth mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 4 | 44.4% | |
| 2 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 1 | 11.1% | |
| 3 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 1 | 11.1% | |
| 4 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 1 | 11.1% | |
| 5 | Arcing | 1 | 11.1% | |
| 6 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 1 | 11.1% |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Edgeworth sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 972 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | 152 | 42.2 mi | |
| 2013 | Debris and open burning | 106 | 25.8 mi | |
| 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 78 | 37.9 mi | |
| 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | 48 | 23.4 mi | |
| 2006 | Debris and open burning | 45 | 42.4 mi | |
| 2003 | Debris and open burning | 41 | 46.2 mi | |
| 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 38 | 46.7 mi | |
| 2014 | Arson/incendiarism | 35 | 49.9 mi | |
| 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | 35 | 41.6 mi | |
| 2005 | Debris and open burning | 31 | 45.4 mi | |
| 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 | 29.6 mi | |
| 2016 | Debris and open burning | 30 | 33.1 mi |
Top 1 ZIP codes by NFIRS incident count across 2021–2025. Each ZIP has its own fire profile — dive in for neighborhood-level context.
| # | ZIP | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 15143 | 96 |
Six Pennsylvania cities with population within ±25% of Edgeworth. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
A 30-minute weekend can cut your home's exposure substantially. These four checklists are a good starting point.
Numbers reflect incidents reported by participating fire departments to the National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) Public Data Release for calendar year 2025. NFIRS is voluntary — about 23,000 of roughly 30,000 US fire departments report — so totals are a strong indicator, not a complete census. Per-capita comparisons use 2023 ACS population estimates. Wildland fire data complements NFIRS with NIFC and USFS perimeters. Active-fire counts come from a dated NIFC snapshot, not a live feed.