ZIP 18055 recorded 120 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 777 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Northampton County, PA.
777 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 155 | |
| 2022 | 168 | |
| 2023 | 161 | |
| 2024 | 173 | |
| 2025 | 120 |
Mar peaks. Sep dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 18055 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Power line down | 178 | 22.9% | |
| 2 | Building fires | 118 | 15.2% | |
| 3 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 70 | 9.0% | |
| 4 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 56 | 7.2% | |
| 5 | Passenger vehicle fire | 46 | 5.9% |
For the 20 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 18055 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 70 | 48.3% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 16 | 11.0% | |
| 3 | Outside area, other | 11 | 7.6% | |
| 4 | Cooking area, kitchen | 8 | 5.5% | |
| 5 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 8 | 5.5% | |
| 6 | Other | 4 | 2.8% | |
| 7 | Bathroom, checkroom, lavatory, locker room | 3 | 2.1% | |
| 8 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 2 | 1.4% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 23 | 15.9% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 118 | 81.4% | |
| 2 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 11 | 7.6% | |
| 3 | Hot ember or ash | 4 | 2.8% | |
| 4 | Arcing | 3 | 2.1% | |
| 5 | Cigarette lighter | 3 | 2.1% | |
| 6 | Heat source: other | 2 | 1.4% | |
| 7 | Flame/torch used for lighting | 2 | 1.4% | |
| 8 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 1 | 0.7% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 1 | 0.7% |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 18055.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hellertown | 652 | |
| 2 | Bethlehem | 14 | |
| 3 | Lower Saucon | 7 | |
| 4 | Williams | 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 — 777 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.