ZIP 15679 recorded 90 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 420 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Westmoreland County, PA. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Moderate.
420 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 80 | |
| 2022 | 92 | |
| 2023 | 98 | |
| 2024 | 60 | |
| 2025 | 90 |
Mar peaks. Aug dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 15679 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 98 | 23.3% | |
| 2 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 91 | 21.7% | |
| 3 | Power line down | 68 | 16.2% | |
| 4 | Passenger vehicle fire | 30 | 7.1% | |
| 5 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 14 | 3.3% |
For the 18 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 15679 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 26 | 44.8% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 6 | 10.3% | |
| 3 | Vehicle area, other | 5 | 8.6% | |
| 4 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 4 | 6.9% | |
| 5 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 3 | 5.2% | |
| 6 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 2 | 3.4% | |
| 7 | Operator/passenger area of transportation equip. | 2 | 3.4% | |
| 8 | Wildland, woods | 2 | 3.4% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 8 | 13.8% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 37 | 63.8% | |
| 2 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 3 | 5.2% | |
| 3 | Arcing | 3 | 5.2% | |
| 4 | Hot ember or ash | 3 | 5.2% | |
| 5 | Heat source: other | 2 | 3.4% | |
| 6 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 2 | 3.4% | |
| 7 | Cigarette | 2 | 3.4% | |
| 8 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 1 | 1.7% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 5 | 8.6% |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 15679.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Stanton | 3 | |
| 2 | South Huntingdon | 3 | |
| 3 | West Newton | 2 | |
| 4 | Greensburg | 1 | |
| 5 | Yukon | 1 |
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 — 420 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.