ZIP 15601 recorded 1,173 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 6,182 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Westmoreland County, PA. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Moderate.
6,182 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1,199 | |
| 2022 | 1,301 | |
| 2023 | 1,340 | |
| 2024 | 1,169 | |
| 2025 | 1,173 |
Mar peaks. May dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 15601 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cooking fire, confined to container | 2,073 | 33.5% | |
| 2 | Building fires | 749 | 12.1% | |
| 3 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 532 | 8.6% | |
| 4 | Power line down | 513 | 8.3% | |
| 5 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 314 | 5.1% |
For the 101 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 15601 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cooking area, kitchen | 1,099 | 70.9% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 73 | 4.7% | |
| 3 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 50 | 3.2% | |
| 4 | Undetermined | 39 | 2.5% | |
| 5 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 34 | 2.2% | |
| 6 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 30 | 1.9% | |
| 7 | Wildland, woods | 21 | 1.4% | |
| 8 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 17 | 1.1% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 188 | 12.1% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 1,063 | 68.5% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 157 | 10.1% | |
| 3 | Hot ember or ash | 52 | 3.4% | |
| 4 | Arcing | 51 | 3.3% | |
| 5 | Heat source: other | 32 | 2.1% | |
| 6 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 31 | 2.0% | |
| 7 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 25 | 1.6% | |
| 8 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 23 | 1.5% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 117 | 7.5% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 15601 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 461% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $800,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Major |
| 2 | $450,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 3 | $350,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Major |
| 4 | $250,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 5 | $175,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 6 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 7 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 8 | $145,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 15601.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Greensburg | 3,928 | |
| 2 | Hempfield | 244 | |
| 3 | Southwest Greensburg | 197 | |
| 4 | South Greensburg | 135 | |
| 5 | Unity | 60 |
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 — 6,182 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.