ZIP 15234 recorded 144 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,335 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Allegheny County, PA. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as High.
1,335 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 261 | |
| 2022 | 281 | |
| 2023 | 317 | |
| 2024 | 332 | |
| 2025 | 144 |
Apr peaks. Feb dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 15234 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 275 | 20.6% | |
| 2 | Building fires | 264 | 19.8% | |
| 3 | Power line down | 174 | 13.0% | |
| 4 | Cooking fire, confined to container | 127 | 9.5% | |
| 5 | Carbon monoxide incident | 91 | 6.8% |
For the 31 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 15234 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cooking area, kitchen | 58 | 30.1% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 45 | 23.3% | |
| 3 | Undetermined | 17 | 8.8% | |
| 4 | Laundry area, wash house (laundry) | 10 | 5.2% | |
| 5 | Other | 6 | 3.1% | |
| 6 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 6 | 3.1% | |
| 7 | Structural area, other | 5 | 2.6% | |
| 8 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 5 | 2.6% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 41 | 21.2% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 109 | 56.5% | |
| 2 | Heat source: other | 23 | 11.9% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 12 | 6.2% | |
| 4 | Arcing | 11 | 5.7% | |
| 5 | Hot ember or ash | 8 | 4.1% | |
| 6 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 7 | 3.6% | |
| 7 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 6 | 3.1% | |
| 8 | Cigarette lighter | 5 | 2.6% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 12 | 6.2% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 15234 across 2021–2025. These 3 fires alone account for 200% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $2,300 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 2 | $2,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 3 | $300 | Outside equipment fire | 2023 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 15234.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Baldwin | 874 | |
| 2 | Castle Shannon | 248 | |
| 3 | Pittsburgh | 160 | |
| 4 | Bethel Park | 3 | |
| 5 | Whitehall | 3 |
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 — 1,335 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.