ZIP 15629 recorded 4 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 51 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Westmoreland County, PA. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Moderate.
51 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 8 | |
| 2022 | 11 | |
| 2023 | 26 | |
| 2024 | 2 | |
| 2025 | 4 |
Jul peaks. Oct dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 15629 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 16 | 31.4% | |
| 2 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 9 | 17.6% | |
| 3 | Cooking fire, confined to container | 6 | 11.8% | |
| 4 | Power line down | 4 | 7.8% | |
| 5 | Forest, woods or wildland fire | 3 | 5.9% |
For the 1 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 15629 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cooking area, kitchen | 3 | 50.0% | |
| 2 | Bathroom, checkroom, lavatory, locker room | 1 | 16.7% | |
| 3 | Railroad right of way: on or near | 1 | 16.7% | |
| 4 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 1 | 16.7% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 2 | 33.3% | |
| 2 | Arcing | 1 | 16.7% | |
| 3 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 1 | 16.7% | |
| 4 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 1 | 16.7% | |
| 5 | Undetermined | 1 | 16.7% |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 15629.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | East Vandergrift | 31 | |
| 2 | Vandergrift | 17 |
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 — 51 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.