ZIP 15068 recorded 338 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 2,577 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Allegheny County, PA. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as High.
2,577 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 492 | |
| 2022 | 566 | |
| 2023 | 626 | |
| 2024 | 555 | |
| 2025 | 338 |
Jun peaks. Sep dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 15068 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 678 | 26.3% | |
| 2 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 374 | 14.5% | |
| 3 | Power line down | 255 | 9.9% | |
| 4 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 238 | 9.2% | |
| 5 | Cooking fire, confined to container | 136 | 5.3% |
For the 72 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 15068 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Outside area, other | 76 | 17.4% | |
| 2 | Cooking area, kitchen | 64 | 14.6% | |
| 3 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 38 | 8.7% | |
| 4 | Undetermined | 35 | 8.0% | |
| 5 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 31 | 7.1% | |
| 6 | Other | 21 | 4.8% | |
| 7 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 14 | 3.2% | |
| 8 | Wildland, woods | 12 | 2.7% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 147 | 33.6% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 176 | 40.2% | |
| 2 | Arcing | 34 | 7.8% | |
| 3 | Hot ember or ash | 29 | 6.6% | |
| 4 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 28 | 6.4% | |
| 5 | Heat source: other | 25 | 5.7% | |
| 6 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 24 | 5.5% | |
| 7 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 20 | 4.6% | |
| 8 | Heat from direct flame, convection currents | 18 | 4.1% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 84 | 19.2% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 15068 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 2648% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $4,000,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Major |
| 2 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 3 | $27,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2024 | Significant |
| 4 | $15,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 5 | $15,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 6 | $10,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 7 | $10,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 8 | $10,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 15068.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lower Burrell | 794 | |
| 2 | New Kensington | 759 | |
| 3 | Arnold | 475 | |
| 4 | Upper Burrell | 221 | |
| 5 | Plum | 136 |
Some ZIPs span multiple counties. The primary above is the largest by population weight; secondary counties are below.
| County | State | Weight | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Westmoreland County | PA | 1.00 | FIPS 42129 |
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 — 2,577 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.