ZIP 18503 recorded 0 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 131 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Lackawanna County, PA. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Moderate.
131 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 43 | |
| 2022 | 45 | |
| 2023 | 33 | |
| 2024 | 10 | |
| 2025 | 0 |
Apr peaks. Feb dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 18503 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cooking fire, confined to container | 35 | 26.7% | |
| 2 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 16 | 12.2% | |
| 3 | Power line down | 11 | 8.4% | |
| 4 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 8 | 6.1% | |
| 5 | Building fires | 6 | 4.6% |
For the 0 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 18503 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cooking area, kitchen | 30 | 47.6% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 11 | 17.5% | |
| 3 | Outside area, other | 9 | 14.3% | |
| 4 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 3 | 4.8% | |
| 5 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 2 | 3.2% | |
| 6 | Other | 1 | 1.6% | |
| 7 | Exterior stairway, ramp, or fire escape | 1 | 1.6% | |
| 8 | Egress/exit, other | 1 | 1.6% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 5 | 7.9% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 30 | 47.6% | |
| 2 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 8 | 12.7% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 7 | 11.1% | |
| 4 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 4 | 6.3% | |
| 5 | Sunlight | 3 | 4.8% | |
| 6 | Heat from direct flame, convection currents | 3 | 4.8% | |
| 7 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 2 | 3.2% | |
| 8 | Heat source: other | 1 | 1.6% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 5 | 7.9% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 18503 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 0% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $21,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 2 | $10,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2023 | Significant |
| 3 | $6,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2022 | Significant |
| 4 | $5,000 | Cooking fire, confined to container | 2022 | Significant |
| 5 | $5,000 | Cooking fire, confined to container | 2022 | Significant |
| 6 | $5,000 | Cooking fire, confined to container | 2022 | Significant |
| 7 | $5,000 | Cooking fire, confined to container | 2022 | Significant |
| 8 | $1,000 | Arcing, shorted electrical equipment | 2022 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 18503.
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 — 131 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.