ZIP 15656 recorded 118 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 869 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Armstrong County, PA.
869 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 190 | |
| 2022 | 174 | |
| 2023 | 233 | |
| 2024 | 154 | |
| 2025 | 118 |
Mar peaks. May dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 15656 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 160 | 18.4% | |
| 2 | Power line down | 139 | 16.0% | |
| 3 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 110 | 12.7% | |
| 4 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 97 | 11.2% | |
| 5 | Carbon monoxide incident | 36 | 4.1% |
For the 11 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 15656 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Outside area, other | 32 | 29.4% | |
| 2 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 9 | 8.3% | |
| 3 | Undetermined | 9 | 8.3% | |
| 4 | Other | 7 | 6.4% | |
| 5 | Cooking area, kitchen | 7 | 6.4% | |
| 6 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 7 | 6.4% | |
| 7 | Wildland, woods | 7 | 6.4% | |
| 8 | Function area, other | 4 | 3.7% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 27 | 24.8% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 23 | 21.1% | |
| 2 | Arcing | 12 | 11.0% | |
| 3 | Flying brand, ember, spark | 10 | 9.2% | |
| 4 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 9 | 8.3% | |
| 5 | Hot ember or ash | 9 | 8.3% | |
| 6 | Heat source: other | 7 | 6.4% | |
| 7 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 6 | 5.5% | |
| 8 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 5 | 4.6% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 28 | 25.7% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 15656 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 6300% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $50,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 2 | $25,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 3 | $25,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 4 | $25,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 5 | $20,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 6 | $10,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 7 | $1,500 | Special outside fire, other | 2025 | Significant |
| 8 | $1,000 | Special outside fire, other | 2025 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 15656.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leechburg | 402 | |
| 2 | West Leechburg | 67 | |
| 3 | Murrysville | 2 | |
| 4 | Confluence | 1 | |
| 5 | Gilpin | 1 |
Some ZIPs span multiple counties. The primary above is the largest by population weight; secondary counties are below.
| County | State | Weight | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Westmoreland County | PA | 1.00 | FIPS 42129 |
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 — 869 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.