ZIP 15148 recorded 53 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 624 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Allegheny County, PA. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as High.
624 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 91 | |
| 2022 | 179 | |
| 2023 | 160 | |
| 2024 | 141 | |
| 2025 | 53 |
Aug peaks. May dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 15148 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 240 | 38.5% | |
| 2 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 101 | 16.2% | |
| 3 | Carbon monoxide incident | 35 | 5.6% | |
| 4 | Power line down | 35 | 5.6% | |
| 5 | Cooking fire, confined to container | 33 | 5.3% |
For the 18 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 15148 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 12 | 22.2% | |
| 2 | Cooking area, kitchen | 11 | 20.4% | |
| 3 | Outside area, other | 7 | 13.0% | |
| 4 | Laundry area, wash house (laundry) | 5 | 9.3% | |
| 5 | Attic: vacant, crawl space above top story, cupola | 2 | 3.7% | |
| 6 | Vehicle area, other | 2 | 3.7% | |
| 7 | Exterior, exposed surface | 2 | 3.7% | |
| 8 | Other | 1 | 1.9% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 12 | 22.2% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 28 | 51.9% | |
| 2 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 6 | 11.1% | |
| 3 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 4 | 7.4% | |
| 4 | Arcing | 3 | 5.6% | |
| 5 | Hot ember or ash | 3 | 5.6% | |
| 6 | Heat source: other | 2 | 3.7% | |
| 7 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 1 | 1.9% | |
| 8 | Heat, spark from friction | 1 | 1.9% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 6 | 11.1% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 15148 across 2021–2025. These 1 fires alone account for 100% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $562,500 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2025 | Major |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 15148.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wilmerding | 543 | |
| 2 | Wall | 74 | |
| 3 | East McKeesport | 2 | |
| 4 | Turtle Creek | 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 — 624 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.