ZIP 16506 recorded 11 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 442 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Erie County, PA.
442 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 118 | |
| 2022 | 125 | |
| 2023 | 109 | |
| 2024 | 79 | |
| 2025 | 11 |
Jun peaks. Jul dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 16506 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 155 | 35.1% | |
| 2 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 59 | 13.3% | |
| 3 | Arcing, shorted electrical equipment | 47 | 10.6% | |
| 4 | Carbon monoxide incident | 27 | 6.1% | |
| 5 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 20 | 4.5% |
For the 4 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 16506 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cooking area, kitchen | 17 | 17.5% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 17 | 17.5% | |
| 3 | Wall assembly | 6 | 6.2% | |
| 4 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 6 | 6.2% | |
| 5 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 5 | 5.2% | |
| 6 | Laundry area, wash house (laundry) | 4 | 4.1% | |
| 7 | Chute/container - trash, rubbish, waste | 4 | 4.1% | |
| 8 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 4 | 4.1% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 34 | 35.1% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 19 | 19.6% | |
| 2 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 14 | 14.4% | |
| 3 | Arcing | 13 | 13.4% | |
| 4 | Hot ember or ash | 13 | 13.4% | |
| 5 | Heat source: other | 6 | 6.2% | |
| 6 | Cigarette | 6 | 6.2% | |
| 7 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 5 | 5.2% | |
| 8 | Radiated heat from another fire | 4 | 4.1% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 17 | 17.5% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 16506 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 2692% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 2 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 3 | $45,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 4 | $45,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 5 | $35,000 | Fire in mobile home used as fixed residence | 2021 | Significant |
| 6 | $20,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2022 | Significant |
| 7 | $18,155 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2022 | Significant |
| 8 | $17,500 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 16506.
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 — 442 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.