ZIP 18517 recorded 22 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 304 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Lackawanna County, PA. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Moderate.
304 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 77 | |
| 2022 | 77 | |
| 2023 | 69 | |
| 2024 | 59 | |
| 2025 | 22 |
Jul peaks. Feb dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 18517 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 69 | 22.7% | |
| 2 | Building fires | 55 | 18.1% | |
| 3 | Hazardous condition, other | 23 | 7.6% | |
| 4 | Carbon monoxide incident | 23 | 7.6% | |
| 5 | Fire, other | 18 | 5.9% |
For the 2 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 18517 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 23 | 23.5% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 19 | 19.4% | |
| 3 | Other | 12 | 12.2% | |
| 4 | Cooking area, kitchen | 10 | 10.2% | |
| 5 | Function area, other | 4 | 4.1% | |
| 6 | Wildland, woods | 4 | 4.1% | |
| 7 | Laundry area, wash house (laundry) | 3 | 3.1% | |
| 8 | Chute/container - trash, rubbish, waste | 3 | 3.1% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 20 | 20.4% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 54 | 55.1% | |
| 2 | Heat source: other | 9 | 9.2% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 9 | 9.2% | |
| 4 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 4 | 4.1% | |
| 5 | Arcing | 3 | 3.1% | |
| 6 | Cigarette lighter | 3 | 3.1% | |
| 7 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 2 | 2.0% | |
| 8 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 2 | 2.0% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 12 | 12.2% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 18517 across 2021–2025. These 3 fires alone account for 0% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $4,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2022 | Significant |
| 2 | $20 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 3 | $5 | Fires in structures other than in a building | 2021 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 18517.
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 — 304 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.