ZIP 16226 recorded 63 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 589 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Armstrong County, PA.
589 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 109 | |
| 2022 | 141 | |
| 2023 | 147 | |
| 2024 | 129 | |
| 2025 | 63 |
Mar peaks. Sep dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 16226 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 137 | 23.3% | |
| 2 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 109 | 18.5% | |
| 3 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 82 | 13.9% | |
| 4 | Power line down | 62 | 10.5% | |
| 5 | Carbon monoxide incident | 22 | 3.7% |
For the 13 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 16226 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Outside area, other | 23 | 29.5% | |
| 2 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 7 | 9.0% | |
| 3 | Undetermined | 5 | 6.4% | |
| 4 | Function area, other | 4 | 5.1% | |
| 5 | Cooking area, kitchen | 4 | 5.1% | |
| 6 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 4 | 5.1% | |
| 7 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 4 | 5.1% | |
| 8 | Other | 3 | 3.8% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 24 | 30.8% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 30 | 38.5% | |
| 2 | Arcing | 10 | 12.8% | |
| 3 | Hot ember or ash | 10 | 12.8% | |
| 4 | Heat source: other | 4 | 5.1% | |
| 5 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 3 | 3.8% | |
| 6 | Cigarette lighter | 3 | 3.8% | |
| 7 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 2 | 2.6% | |
| 8 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 2 | 2.6% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 14 | 17.9% |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 16226.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ford City | 391 | |
| 2 | Kittanning | 2 | |
| 3 | North Buffalo | 2 | |
| 4 | Bethel | 1 | |
| 5 | Burrell | 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 — 589 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.