ZIP 17042 recorded 436 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 2,987 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Lebanon County, PA.
2,987 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 594 | |
| 2022 | 748 | |
| 2023 | 618 | |
| 2024 | 591 | |
| 2025 | 436 |
Apr peaks. Aug dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 17042 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 584 | 19.6% | |
| 2 | Vehicle accident, general cleanup | 459 | 15.4% | |
| 3 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 271 | 9.1% | |
| 4 | Power line down | 236 | 7.9% | |
| 5 | Electrical wiring/equipment problem, other | 218 | 7.3% |
For the 86 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 17042 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Outside area, other | 76 | 19.4% | |
| 2 | Cooking area, kitchen | 49 | 12.5% | |
| 3 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 37 | 9.5% | |
| 4 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 22 | 5.6% | |
| 5 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 16 | 4.1% | |
| 6 | Exterior balcony, unenclosed porch | 14 | 3.6% | |
| 7 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 13 | 3.3% | |
| 8 | Undetermined | 13 | 3.3% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 151 | 38.6% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 120 | 30.7% | |
| 2 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 55 | 14.1% | |
| 3 | Cigarette | 47 | 12.0% | |
| 4 | Arcing | 31 | 7.9% | |
| 5 | Hot ember or ash | 29 | 7.4% | |
| 6 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 22 | 5.6% | |
| 7 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 12 | 3.1% | |
| 8 | Cigarette lighter | 8 | 2.0% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 67 | 17.1% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 17042 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 386% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $500,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 2 | $300,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 3 | $247,500 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 4 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 5 | $190,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 6 | $180,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 7 | $177,300 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 8 | $170,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 17042.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lebanon | 1,759 | |
| 2 | Cleona | 52 | |
| 3 | Cornwall | 10 | |
| 4 | North Cornwall | 5 | |
| 5 | Elizabethtown | 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 — 2,987 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.