ZIP 16502 recorded 46 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 221 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Erie County, PA.
221 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 80 | |
| 2022 | 73 | |
| 2023 | 22 | |
| 2024 | 0 | |
| 2025 | 46 |
Mar peaks. Apr dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 16502 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 43 | 19.5% | |
| 2 | Unauthorized burning | 36 | 16.3% | |
| 3 | Vehicle accident, general cleanup | 26 | 11.8% | |
| 4 | Carbon monoxide incident | 25 | 11.3% | |
| 5 | Prescribed fire | 21 | 9.5% |
For the 2 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 16502 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cooking area, kitchen | 4 | 40.0% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 2 | 20.0% | |
| 3 | Laundry area, wash house (laundry) | 1 | 10.0% | |
| 4 | Service facilities, other | 1 | 10.0% | |
| 5 | Outside area, other | 1 | 10.0% | |
| 6 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 1 | 10.0% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 5 | 50.0% | |
| 2 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 2 | 20.0% | |
| 3 | Heat from direct flame, convection currents | 2 | 20.0% | |
| 4 | Arcing | 1 | 10.0% |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 16502.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Erie | 221 |
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 — 221 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.