ZIP 18407 recorded 75 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,202 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Lackawanna County, PA. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Moderate.
1,202 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 282 | |
| 2022 | 294 | |
| 2023 | 305 | |
| 2024 | 246 | |
| 2025 | 75 |
Apr peaks. Sep dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 18407 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 251 | 20.9% | |
| 2 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 137 | 11.4% | |
| 3 | Authorized controlled burning | 105 | 8.7% | |
| 4 | Cooking fire, confined to container | 78 | 6.5% | |
| 5 | Carbon monoxide incident | 67 | 5.6% |
For the 19 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 18407 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 65 | 18.0% | |
| 2 | Cooking area, kitchen | 61 | 16.9% | |
| 3 | Outside area, other | 60 | 16.6% | |
| 4 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 30 | 8.3% | |
| 5 | Other | 24 | 6.6% | |
| 6 | Vehicle area, other | 16 | 4.4% | |
| 7 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 12 | 3.3% | |
| 8 | Wildland, woods | 12 | 3.3% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 81 | 22.4% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 184 | 51.0% | |
| 2 | Heat source: other | 34 | 9.4% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 32 | 8.9% | |
| 4 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 20 | 5.5% | |
| 5 | Arcing | 19 | 5.3% | |
| 6 | Hot ember or ash | 12 | 3.3% | |
| 7 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 10 | 2.8% | |
| 8 | Cigarette | 9 | 2.5% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 41 | 11.4% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 18407 across 2021–2025. These 2 fires alone account for 267% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $50,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 2 | $30,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2025 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 18407.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Carbondale | 449 | |
| 2 | Fell | 59 | |
| 3 | Greenfield | 55 | |
| 4 | Simpson | 37 | |
| 5 | Clifford | 14 |
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 — 1,202 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.