ZIP 17050 recorded 322 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,994 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Cumberland County, PA. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Moderate.
1,994 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 308 | |
| 2022 | 430 | |
| 2023 | 453 | |
| 2024 | 481 | |
| 2025 | 322 |
Mar peaks. May dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 17050 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vehicle accident, general cleanup | 451 | 22.6% | |
| 2 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 333 | 16.7% | |
| 3 | Building fires | 247 | 12.4% | |
| 4 | Cooking fire, confined to container | 147 | 7.4% | |
| 5 | Passenger vehicle fire | 98 | 4.9% |
For the 23 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 17050 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cooking area, kitchen | 69 | 21.0% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 52 | 15.9% | |
| 3 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 51 | 15.5% | |
| 4 | Undetermined | 40 | 12.2% | |
| 5 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 14 | 4.3% | |
| 6 | Vehicle area, other | 13 | 4.0% | |
| 7 | Other | 10 | 3.0% | |
| 8 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 8 | 2.4% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 71 | 21.6% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 155 | 47.3% | |
| 2 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 32 | 9.8% | |
| 3 | Heat source: other | 27 | 8.2% | |
| 4 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 27 | 8.2% | |
| 5 | Arcing | 19 | 5.8% | |
| 6 | Cigarette | 10 | 3.0% | |
| 7 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 9 | 2.7% | |
| 8 | Heat, spark from friction | 8 | 2.4% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 41 | 12.5% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 17050 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 376% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $247,500 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 2 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 3 | $150,000 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | 2025 | Significant |
| 4 | $80,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 5 | $35,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2021 | Significant |
| 6 | $35,000 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | 2025 | Significant |
| 7 | $30,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 8 | $30,000 | Fire in mobile home used as fixed residence | 2025 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 17050.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mechanicsburg | 620 | |
| 2 | Silver Spring | 15 | |
| 3 | Hampden | 2 | |
| 4 | Carlisle | 1 | |
| 5 | Enola | 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 — 1,994 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.