ZIP 15644 recorded 179 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,444 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Westmoreland County, PA. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Moderate.
1,444 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 287 | |
| 2022 | 345 | |
| 2023 | 364 | |
| 2024 | 269 | |
| 2025 | 179 |
Aug peaks. Sep dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 15644 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 266 | 18.4% | |
| 2 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 168 | 11.6% | |
| 3 | Power line down | 163 | 11.3% | |
| 4 | Cooking fire, confined to container | 149 | 10.3% | |
| 5 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 68 | 4.7% |
For the 41 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 15644 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cooking area, kitchen | 105 | 38.3% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 33 | 12.0% | |
| 3 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 28 | 10.2% | |
| 4 | Undetermined | 16 | 5.8% | |
| 5 | Exterior balcony, unenclosed porch | 8 | 2.9% | |
| 6 | Laundry area, wash house (laundry) | 7 | 2.6% | |
| 7 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 7 | 2.6% | |
| 8 | Wall surface: exterior | 7 | 2.6% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 63 | 23.0% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 86 | 31.4% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 56 | 20.4% | |
| 3 | Hot ember or ash | 21 | 7.7% | |
| 4 | Cigarette lighter | 20 | 7.3% | |
| 5 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 17 | 6.2% | |
| 6 | Arcing | 13 | 4.7% | |
| 7 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 11 | 4.0% | |
| 8 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 11 | 4.0% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 39 | 14.2% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 15644 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 963% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $160,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 2 | $70,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 3 | $70,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 4 | $70,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 5 | $62,500 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 6 | $60,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 7 | $50,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 8 | $40,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 15644.
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 — 1,444 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.