ZIP 18249 recorded 40 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 261 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Luzerne County, PA. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Moderate.
261 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 42 | |
| 2022 | 43 | |
| 2023 | 71 | |
| 2024 | 65 | |
| 2025 | 40 |
Mar peaks. Oct dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 18249 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 47 | 18.0% | |
| 2 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 34 | 13.0% | |
| 3 | Passenger vehicle fire | 30 | 11.5% | |
| 4 | Power line down | 25 | 9.6% | |
| 5 | Forest, woods or wildland fire | 23 | 8.8% |
For the 9 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 18249 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Outside area, other | 21 | 19.3% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 19 | 17.4% | |
| 3 | Undetermined | 15 | 13.8% | |
| 4 | Vehicle area, other | 10 | 9.2% | |
| 5 | Other | 7 | 6.4% | |
| 6 | Cooking area, kitchen | 7 | 6.4% | |
| 7 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 7 | 6.4% | |
| 8 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 6 | 5.5% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 17 | 15.6% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 59 | 54.1% | |
| 2 | Hot ember or ash | 9 | 8.3% | |
| 3 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 7 | 6.4% | |
| 4 | Heat, spark from friction | 5 | 4.6% | |
| 5 | Heat source: other | 4 | 3.7% | |
| 6 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 4 | 3.7% | |
| 7 | Arcing | 4 | 3.7% | |
| 8 | Flying brand, ember, spark | 4 | 3.7% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 13 | 11.9% |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 18249.
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 — 261 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.