ZIP 18069 recorded 66 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 479 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Lehigh County, PA.
479 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 102 | |
| 2022 | 90 | |
| 2023 | 93 | |
| 2024 | 128 | |
| 2025 | 66 |
Apr peaks. Sep dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 18069 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 163 | 34.0% | |
| 2 | Vehicle accident, general cleanup | 36 | 7.5% | |
| 3 | Power line down | 26 | 5.4% | |
| 4 | Unauthorized burning | 25 | 5.2% | |
| 5 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 23 | 4.8% |
For the 5 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 18069 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cooking area, kitchen | 11 | 17.2% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 11 | 17.2% | |
| 3 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 6 | 9.4% | |
| 4 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 5 | 7.8% | |
| 5 | Outside area, other | 4 | 6.2% | |
| 6 | Undetermined | 4 | 6.2% | |
| 7 | Substructure area or space, crawl space | 3 | 4.7% | |
| 8 | Wall assembly | 3 | 4.7% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 17 | 26.6% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 22 | 34.4% | |
| 2 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 13 | 20.3% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 7 | 10.9% | |
| 4 | Arcing | 4 | 6.2% | |
| 5 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 3 | 4.7% | |
| 6 | Heat, spark from friction | 3 | 4.7% | |
| 7 | Hot ember or ash | 3 | 4.7% | |
| 8 | Chemical reaction | 3 | 4.7% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 6 | 9.4% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 18069 across 2021–2025. These 2 fires alone account for 0% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 2 | $15,000 | Fire, other | 2022 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 18069.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Friedens | 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 — 479 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.