ZIP 15690 recorded 55 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 726 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Armstrong County, PA.
726 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 170 | |
| 2022 | 189 | |
| 2023 | 198 | |
| 2024 | 114 | |
| 2025 | 55 |
Jul peaks. Sep dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 15690 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 207 | 28.5% | |
| 2 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 121 | 16.7% | |
| 3 | Power line down | 74 | 10.2% | |
| 4 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 54 | 7.4% | |
| 5 | Carbon monoxide incident | 53 | 7.3% |
For the 20 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 15690 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Outside area, other | 14 | 16.5% | |
| 2 | Cooking area, kitchen | 11 | 12.9% | |
| 3 | Undetermined | 9 | 10.6% | |
| 4 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 8 | 9.4% | |
| 5 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 7 | 8.2% | |
| 6 | Wildland, woods | 7 | 8.2% | |
| 7 | Structural area, other | 3 | 3.5% | |
| 8 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 3 | 3.5% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 23 | 27.1% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 28 | 32.9% | |
| 2 | Arcing | 12 | 14.1% | |
| 3 | Hot ember or ash | 10 | 11.8% | |
| 4 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 6 | 7.1% | |
| 5 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 6 | 7.1% | |
| 6 | Heat source: other | 4 | 4.7% | |
| 7 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 4 | 4.7% | |
| 8 | Cigarette | 4 | 4.7% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 11 | 12.9% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 15690 across 2021–2025. These 1 fires alone account for 0% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $30,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 15690.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vandergrift | 524 | |
| 2 | Parks | 19 | |
| 3 | East Vandergrift | 3 | |
| 4 | Oklahoma | 2 | |
| 5 | Burrell | 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 — 726 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.