ZIP 18053 recorded 14 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 88 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Lehigh County, PA.
88 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 17 | |
| 2022 | 21 | |
| 2023 | 17 | |
| 2024 | 19 | |
| 2025 | 14 |
Feb peaks. Aug dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 18053 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Power line down | 24 | 27.3% | |
| 2 | Building fires | 21 | 23.9% | |
| 3 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 17 | 19.3% | |
| 4 | Forest, woods or wildland fire | 7 | 8.0% | |
| 5 | Authorized controlled burning | 7 | 8.0% |
For the 1 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 18053 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Outside area, other | 20 | 69.0% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 2 | 6.9% | |
| 3 | Other | 1 | 3.4% | |
| 4 | Exterior stairway, ramp, or fire escape | 1 | 3.4% | |
| 5 | Function area, other | 1 | 3.4% | |
| 6 | Cooking area, kitchen | 1 | 3.4% | |
| 7 | Equipment or service area, other | 1 | 3.4% | |
| 8 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 1 | 3.4% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 1 | 3.4% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Heat source: other | 10 | 34.5% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 9 | 31.0% | |
| 3 | Arcing | 4 | 13.8% | |
| 4 | Heat, spark from friction | 2 | 6.9% | |
| 5 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 1 | 3.4% | |
| 6 | Hot ember or ash | 1 | 3.4% | |
| 7 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 1 | 3.4% | |
| 8 | Match | 1 | 3.4% |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 18053.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | East Greenville | 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 — 88 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.