ZIP 18229 recorded 74 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 426 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Carbon County, PA. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Moderate.
426 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 64 | |
| 2022 | 96 | |
| 2023 | 109 | |
| 2024 | 83 | |
| 2025 | 74 |
Apr peaks. Sep dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 18229 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 87 | 20.4% | |
| 2 | Power line down | 51 | 12.0% | |
| 3 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 46 | 10.8% | |
| 4 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 44 | 10.3% | |
| 5 | Carbon monoxide incident | 26 | 6.1% |
For the 21 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 18229 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Outside area, other | 17 | 17.7% | |
| 2 | Cooking area, kitchen | 15 | 15.6% | |
| 3 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 15 | 15.6% | |
| 4 | Undetermined | 13 | 13.5% | |
| 5 | Wildland, woods | 12 | 12.5% | |
| 6 | Other | 7 | 7.3% | |
| 7 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 2 | 2.1% | |
| 8 | Laundry area, wash house (laundry) | 2 | 2.1% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 13 | 13.5% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 35 | 36.5% | |
| 2 | Hot ember or ash | 24 | 25.0% | |
| 3 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 11 | 11.5% | |
| 4 | Arcing | 7 | 7.3% | |
| 5 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 5 | 5.2% | |
| 6 | Molten, hot material | 4 | 4.2% | |
| 7 | Heat source: other | 2 | 2.1% | |
| 8 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 2 | 2.1% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 6 | 6.2% |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 18229.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jim Thorpe | 259 | |
| 2 | Penn Forest | 7 |
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 — 426 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.