ZIP 17981 recorded 34 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 382 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Schuylkill County, PA. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Moderate.
382 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 92 | |
| 2022 | 95 | |
| 2023 | 72 | |
| 2024 | 89 | |
| 2025 | 34 |
Apr peaks. Aug dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 17981 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 97 | 25.4% | |
| 2 | Passenger vehicle fire | 53 | 13.9% | |
| 3 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 50 | 13.1% | |
| 4 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | 36 | 9.4% | |
| 5 | Forest, woods or wildland fire | 20 | 5.2% |
For the 2 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 17981 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 37 | 33.3% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 18 | 16.2% | |
| 3 | Vehicle area, other | 10 | 9.0% | |
| 4 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 10 | 9.0% | |
| 5 | Outside area, other | 9 | 8.1% | |
| 6 | Wildland, woods | 8 | 7.2% | |
| 7 | Cooking area, kitchen | 4 | 3.6% | |
| 8 | Other | 3 | 2.7% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 12 | 10.8% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 59 | 53.2% | |
| 2 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 5 | 4.5% | |
| 3 | Heat, spark from friction | 5 | 4.5% | |
| 4 | Sunlight | 5 | 4.5% | |
| 5 | Heat source: other | 4 | 3.6% | |
| 6 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 4 | 3.6% | |
| 7 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 4 | 3.6% | |
| 8 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 4 | 3.6% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 21 | 18.9% |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 17981.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tremont | 179 | |
| 2 | Zerbe | 3 | |
| 3 | Pine Grove | 1 | |
| 4 | Tower City | 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 — 382 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.