ZIP 18224 recorded 27 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 479 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Luzerne County, PA. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Moderate.
479 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 131 | |
| 2022 | 115 | |
| 2023 | 124 | |
| 2024 | 82 | |
| 2025 | 27 |
Apr peaks. Sep dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 18224 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 150 | 31.3% | |
| 2 | Power line down | 63 | 13.2% | |
| 3 | Fuel burner/boiler malfunction, fire confined | 33 | 6.9% | |
| 4 | Cooking fire, confined to container | 32 | 6.7% | |
| 5 | Carbon monoxide incident | 32 | 6.7% |
For the 8 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 18224 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cooking area, kitchen | 25 | 26.9% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 14 | 15.1% | |
| 3 | Undetermined | 6 | 6.5% | |
| 4 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 4 | 4.3% | |
| 5 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 4 | 4.3% | |
| 6 | Storage area, other | 3 | 3.2% | |
| 7 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 3 | 3.2% | |
| 8 | Heating room or area, water heater area | 3 | 3.2% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 31 | 33.3% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 23 | 24.7% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 17 | 18.3% | |
| 3 | Hot ember or ash | 12 | 12.9% | |
| 4 | Match | 6 | 6.5% | |
| 5 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 4 | 4.3% | |
| 6 | Molten, hot material | 4 | 4.3% | |
| 7 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 4 | 4.3% | |
| 8 | Heat source: other | 3 | 3.2% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 20 | 21.5% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 18224 across 2021–2025. These 1 fires alone account for 0% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $5,000 | Fires in structures other than in a building | 2023 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 18224.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Freeland | 333 |
Some ZIPs span multiple counties. The primary above is the largest by population weight; secondary counties are below.
| County | State | Weight | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carbon County | PA | 0.50 | FIPS 42025 |
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.