ZIP 17111 recorded 227 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,536 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Dauphin County, PA.
1,536 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 285 | |
| 2022 | 267 | |
| 2023 | 419 | |
| 2024 | 338 | |
| 2025 | 227 |
Jul peaks. Feb dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 17111 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 422 | 27.5% | |
| 2 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 255 | 16.6% | |
| 3 | Cooking fire, confined to container | 125 | 8.1% | |
| 4 | Passenger vehicle fire | 81 | 5.3% | |
| 5 | Carbon monoxide incident | 70 | 4.6% |
For the 55 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 17111 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Outside area, other | 74 | 22.6% | |
| 2 | Cooking area, kitchen | 52 | 15.9% | |
| 3 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 41 | 12.5% | |
| 4 | Undetermined | 27 | 8.3% | |
| 5 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 18 | 5.5% | |
| 6 | Other | 15 | 4.6% | |
| 7 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 12 | 3.7% | |
| 8 | Chute/container - trash, rubbish, waste | 8 | 2.4% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 80 | 24.5% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 196 | 59.9% | |
| 2 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 29 | 8.9% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 14 | 4.3% | |
| 4 | Heat source: other | 13 | 4.0% | |
| 5 | Cigarette | 12 | 3.7% | |
| 6 | Hot ember or ash | 11 | 3.4% | |
| 7 | Arcing | 10 | 3.1% | |
| 8 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 7 | 2.1% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 35 | 10.7% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 17111 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 709% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $500,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 2 | $320,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 3 | $300,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 4 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 5 | $175,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 6 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 7 | $125,700 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 8 | $77,928 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 17111.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Harrisburg | 384 | |
| 2 | Paxtang | 64 | |
| 3 | Swatara | 13 | |
| 4 | Rutherford | 6 | |
| 5 | Steelton | 3 |
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 — 1,536 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.