ZIP 18518 recorded 39 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 372 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Lackawanna County, PA. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Moderate.
372 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 66 | |
| 2022 | 132 | |
| 2023 | 75 | |
| 2024 | 60 | |
| 2025 | 39 |
Apr peaks. Nov dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 18518 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 108 | 29.0% | |
| 2 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 71 | 19.1% | |
| 3 | Vehicle accident, general cleanup | 33 | 8.9% | |
| 4 | Carbon monoxide incident | 15 | 4.0% | |
| 5 | Fire, other | 14 | 3.8% |
For the 24 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 18518 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Outside area, other | 19 | 22.1% | |
| 2 | Cooking area, kitchen | 14 | 16.3% | |
| 3 | Other | 6 | 7.0% | |
| 4 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 6 | 7.0% | |
| 5 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 5 | 5.8% | |
| 6 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 3 | 3.5% | |
| 7 | Structural area, other | 3 | 3.5% | |
| 8 | Undetermined | 3 | 3.5% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 27 | 31.4% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 52 | 60.5% | |
| 2 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 11 | 12.8% | |
| 3 | Heat source: other | 7 | 8.1% | |
| 4 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 5 | 5.8% | |
| 5 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 4 | 4.7% | |
| 6 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 3 | 3.5% | |
| 7 | Hot ember or ash | 2 | 2.3% | |
| 8 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 1 | 1.2% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 1 | 1.2% |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 18518.
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 — 372 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.