ZIP 15229 recorded 92 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,116 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Allegheny County, PA. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as High.
1,116 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 221 | |
| 2022 | 314 | |
| 2023 | 282 | |
| 2024 | 207 | |
| 2025 | 92 |
May peaks. Feb dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 15229 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 277 | 24.8% | |
| 2 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 222 | 19.9% | |
| 3 | Power line down | 95 | 8.5% | |
| 4 | Carbon monoxide incident | 84 | 7.5% | |
| 5 | Cooking fire, confined to container | 70 | 6.3% |
For the 18 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 15229 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Outside area, other | 25 | 24.0% | |
| 2 | Cooking area, kitchen | 24 | 23.1% | |
| 3 | Undetermined | 14 | 13.5% | |
| 4 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 8 | 7.7% | |
| 5 | Other | 5 | 4.8% | |
| 6 | Function area, other | 5 | 4.8% | |
| 7 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 5 | 4.8% | |
| 8 | Laundry area, wash house (laundry) | 3 | 2.9% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 15 | 14.4% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 59 | 56.7% | |
| 2 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 6 | 5.8% | |
| 3 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 6 | 5.8% | |
| 4 | Heat source: other | 5 | 4.8% | |
| 5 | Hot ember or ash | 5 | 4.8% | |
| 6 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 4 | 3.8% | |
| 7 | Heat from direct flame, convection currents | 4 | 3.8% | |
| 8 | Arcing | 3 | 2.9% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 12 | 11.5% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 15229 across 2021–2025. These 2 fires alone account for 104% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $68,600 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 2 | $2,500 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 15229.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West View | 290 | |
| 2 | Pittsburgh | 118 | |
| 3 | Ross | 92 | |
| 4 | Ben Avon | 1 | |
| 5 | McKees Rocks | 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 — 1,116 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.