ZIP 18074 recorded 38 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 247 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Montgomery County, PA.
247 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 61 | |
| 2022 | 55 | |
| 2023 | 61 | |
| 2024 | 32 | |
| 2025 | 38 |
Mar peaks. Apr dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 18074 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 77 | 31.2% | |
| 2 | Arcing, shorted electrical equipment | 32 | 13.0% | |
| 3 | Power line down | 26 | 10.5% | |
| 4 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 16 | 6.5% | |
| 5 | Passenger vehicle fire | 11 | 4.5% |
For the 0 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 18074 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 6 | 13.6% | |
| 2 | Other | 5 | 11.4% | |
| 3 | Cooking area, kitchen | 5 | 11.4% | |
| 4 | Outside area, other | 5 | 11.4% | |
| 5 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 5 | 11.4% | |
| 6 | Vehicle area, other | 4 | 9.1% | |
| 7 | Function area, other | 3 | 6.8% | |
| 8 | Wildland, woods | 2 | 4.5% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 9 | 20.5% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 17 | 38.6% | |
| 2 | Heat source: other | 8 | 18.2% | |
| 3 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 5 | 11.4% | |
| 4 | Arcing | 5 | 11.4% | |
| 5 | Hot ember or ash | 3 | 6.8% | |
| 6 | Match | 3 | 6.8% | |
| 7 | Fireworks | 1 | 2.3% | |
| 8 | Flying brand, ember, spark | 1 | 2.3% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 1 | 2.3% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 18074 across 2021–2025. These 6 fires alone account for 0% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $350,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 2 | $45,000 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | 2021 | Significant |
| 3 | $32,286 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2021 | Significant |
| 4 | $25,000 | Mobile property (vehicle) fire, other | 2021 | Significant |
| 5 | $10,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2024 | Significant |
| 6 | $3,500 | Mobile property (vehicle) fire, other | 2022 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 18074.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Hanover | 55 | |
| 2 | Upper Frederick | 20 | |
| 3 | Lower Frederick | 2 | |
| 4 | Douglass | 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 — 247 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.