ZIP 16505 recorded 11 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 460 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Erie County, PA.
460 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 107 | |
| 2022 | 145 | |
| 2023 | 123 | |
| 2024 | 74 | |
| 2025 | 11 |
Jan peaks. Feb dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 16505 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 164 | 35.7% | |
| 2 | Arcing, shorted electrical equipment | 56 | 12.2% | |
| 3 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 39 | 8.5% | |
| 4 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 33 | 7.2% | |
| 5 | Power line down | 27 | 5.9% |
For the 4 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 16505 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Outside area, other | 22 | 21.4% | |
| 2 | Cooking area, kitchen | 19 | 18.4% | |
| 3 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 11 | 10.7% | |
| 4 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 7 | 6.8% | |
| 5 | Chute/container - trash, rubbish, waste | 6 | 5.8% | |
| 6 | Other | 4 | 3.9% | |
| 7 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 4 | 3.9% | |
| 8 | Processing/manufacturing area, workroom | 3 | 2.9% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 27 | 26.2% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 29 | 28.2% | |
| 2 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 15 | 14.6% | |
| 3 | Hot ember or ash | 9 | 8.7% | |
| 4 | Heat source: other | 7 | 6.8% | |
| 5 | Cigarette | 7 | 6.8% | |
| 6 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 6 | 5.8% | |
| 7 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 6 | 5.8% | |
| 8 | Arcing | 4 | 3.9% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 20 | 19.4% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 16505 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 0% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $250,000 | Fire, other | 2024 | Major |
| 2 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 3 | $70,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 4 | $50,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 5 | $40,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 6 | $35,400 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 7 | $25,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 8 | $20,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2021 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 16505.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Erie | 67 |
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 — 460 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.