ZIP 16229 recorded 50 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 428 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Armstrong County, PA.
428 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 81 | |
| 2022 | 68 | |
| 2023 | 98 | |
| 2024 | 131 | |
| 2025 | 50 |
Aug peaks. Oct dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 16229 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 111 | 25.9% | |
| 2 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 90 | 21.0% | |
| 3 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 42 | 9.8% | |
| 4 | Power line down | 38 | 8.9% | |
| 5 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | 13 | 3.0% |
For the 19 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 16229 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Outside area, other | 17 | 21.5% | |
| 2 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 11 | 13.9% | |
| 3 | Wildland, woods | 9 | 11.4% | |
| 4 | Undetermined | 9 | 11.4% | |
| 5 | Cooking area, kitchen | 7 | 8.9% | |
| 6 | Other | 5 | 6.3% | |
| 7 | Storage area, other | 4 | 5.1% | |
| 8 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 2 | 2.5% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 15 | 19.0% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 24 | 30.4% | |
| 2 | Hot ember or ash | 10 | 12.7% | |
| 3 | Heat source: other | 8 | 10.1% | |
| 4 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 8 | 10.1% | |
| 5 | Arcing | 8 | 10.1% | |
| 6 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 3 | 3.8% | |
| 7 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 3 | 3.8% | |
| 8 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 2 | 2.5% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 13 | 16.5% |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 16229.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Freeport | 255 | |
| 2 | South Buffalo | 18 | |
| 3 | Allegheny | 1 | |
| 4 | Apollo | 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 — 428 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.