In 2025, fire departments serving Lehman responded to 42 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 81% of all calls.
Jan peaks. Oct dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
119 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2024.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021* | 1 | — | |
| 2022* | 10 | — | |
| 2023* | 6 | — | |
| 2024 | 60 | — | |
| 2025 | 42 | -30.0% |
* Well below Lehman's usual volume. That almost always means one or more departments didn't submit a full year to NFIRS, not that fires dropped, so no year-over-year change is shown for it.
For the 7 building fires Lehman departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 33 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 | 7 | 21.2% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 7 | 21.2% | |
| 3 | Wildland, woods | 4 | 12.1% | |
| 4 | Wall surface: exterior | 3 | 9.1% | |
| 5 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 3 | 9.1% | |
| 6 | Undetermined | 3 | 9.1% | |
| 7 | Other | 1 | 3.0% | |
| 8 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 1 | 3.0% | |
| 9 | Bathroom, checkroom, lavatory, locker room | 1 | 3.0% | |
| 10 | Conduit, pipe, utility, or ventilation shaft | 1 | 3.0% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 2 | 6.1% |
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 Lehman mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 9 | 27.3% | |
| 2 | Arcing | 6 | 18.2% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 4 | 12.1% | |
| 4 | Heat, spark from friction | 4 | 12.1% | |
| 5 | Hot ember or ash | 4 | 12.1% | |
| 6 | Heat source: other | 1 | 3.0% | |
| 7 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 1 | 3.0% | |
| 8 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 1 | 3.0% | |
| 9 | Fireworks | 1 | 3.0% | |
| 10 | Chemical reaction | 1 | 3.0% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 1 | 3.0% |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Lehman sits below the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 28,076 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 7,949 | 10.8 mi | |
| 2015 | Debris and open burning | 2,759 | 43.0 mi | |
| 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 2,265 | 19.6 mi | |
| 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2,126 | 45.6 mi | |
| 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 2,028 | 49.1 mi | |
| 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | 995 | 13.2 mi | |
| 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 848 | 44.4 mi | |
| 2020 | Arson/incendiarism | 812 | 17.2 mi | |
| 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | 750 | 11.8 mi | |
| 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | 674 | 36.0 mi | |
| 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 647 | 11.9 mi | |
| 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | 641 | 46.4 mi |
Top 5 ZIP codes by NFIRS incident count across 2021–2025. Each ZIP has its own fire profile — dive in for neighborhood-level context.
Six Pennsylvania cities with population within ±25% of Lehman. 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.