ZIP 15215 recorded 101 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 966 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Allegheny County, PA. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as High.
966 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 288 | |
| 2022 | 269 | |
| 2023 | 194 | |
| 2024 | 114 | |
| 2025 | 101 |
Jun peaks. Sep dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 15215 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 255 | 26.4% | |
| 2 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 225 | 23.3% | |
| 3 | Power line down | 83 | 8.6% | |
| 4 | Vehicle accident, general cleanup | 78 | 8.1% | |
| 5 | Cooking fire, confined to container | 56 | 5.8% |
For the 29 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 15215 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cooking area, kitchen | 34 | 32.7% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 13 | 12.5% | |
| 3 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 6 | 5.8% | |
| 4 | Undetermined | 6 | 5.8% | |
| 5 | Laundry area, wash house (laundry) | 5 | 4.8% | |
| 6 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 4 | 3.8% | |
| 7 | Courtyard, patio, porch, terrace | 3 | 2.9% | |
| 8 | Other | 2 | 1.9% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 31 | 29.8% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 24 | 23.1% | |
| 2 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 13 | 12.5% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 12 | 11.5% | |
| 4 | Arcing | 10 | 9.6% | |
| 5 | Heat from direct flame, convection currents | 10 | 9.6% | |
| 6 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 7 | 6.7% | |
| 7 | Hot ember or ash | 5 | 4.8% | |
| 8 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 4 | 3.8% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 19 | 18.3% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 15215 across 2021–2025. These 3 fires alone account for 100% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $219,565 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 2 | $44,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 3 | $15,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 15215.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sharpsburg | 409 | |
| 2 | Aspinwall | 218 | |
| 3 | Pittsburgh | 13 | |
| 4 | Fox Chapel | 2 | |
| 5 | Shaler | 2 |
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 — 966 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.