ZIP 17112 recorded 159 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,363 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Dauphin County, PA.
1,363 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 336 | |
| 2022 | 286 | |
| 2023 | 318 | |
| 2024 | 264 | |
| 2025 | 159 |
Mar peaks. Feb dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 17112 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 307 | 22.5% | |
| 2 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 254 | 18.6% | |
| 3 | Cooking fire, confined to container | 90 | 6.6% | |
| 4 | Electrical wiring/equipment problem, other | 69 | 5.1% | |
| 5 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 68 | 5.0% |
For the 33 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 17112 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 63 | 21.5% | |
| 2 | Cooking area, kitchen | 37 | 12.6% | |
| 3 | Outside area, other | 28 | 9.6% | |
| 4 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 27 | 9.2% | |
| 5 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 26 | 8.9% | |
| 6 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 15 | 5.1% | |
| 7 | Wildland, woods | 8 | 2.7% | |
| 8 | Courtyard, patio, porch, terrace | 7 | 2.4% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 82 | 28.0% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 123 | 42.0% | |
| 2 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 37 | 12.6% | |
| 3 | Hot ember or ash | 22 | 7.5% | |
| 4 | Arcing | 19 | 6.5% | |
| 5 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 12 | 4.1% | |
| 6 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 10 | 3.4% | |
| 7 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 8 | 2.7% | |
| 8 | Heat from direct flame, convection currents | 8 | 2.7% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 54 | 18.4% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 17112 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 165% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $150,000 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | 2025 | Significant |
| 2 | $105,800 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 3 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 4 | $80,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 5 | $60,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 6 | $56,900 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | 2021 | Significant |
| 7 | $25,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 8 | $25,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 17112.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Harrisburg | 429 | |
| 2 | West Hanover | 5 | |
| 3 | Linglestown | 2 | |
| 4 | Lower Paxton | 2 | |
| 5 | Dauphin | 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 — 1,363 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.