ZIP 18643 recorded 74 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 969 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Luzerne County, PA. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Moderate.
969 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 246 | |
| 2022 | 223 | |
| 2023 | 224 | |
| 2024 | 202 | |
| 2025 | 74 |
Mar peaks. Oct dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 18643 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 229 | 23.6% | |
| 2 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 178 | 18.4% | |
| 3 | Power line down | 161 | 16.6% | |
| 4 | Cooking fire, confined to container | 50 | 5.2% | |
| 5 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 33 | 3.4% |
For the 20 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 18643 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Outside area, other | 51 | 27.6% | |
| 2 | Other | 31 | 16.8% | |
| 3 | Cooking area, kitchen | 24 | 13.0% | |
| 4 | Undetermined | 24 | 13.0% | |
| 5 | Equipment or service area, other | 6 | 3.2% | |
| 6 | Wildland, woods | 6 | 3.2% | |
| 7 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 4 | 2.2% | |
| 8 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 4 | 2.2% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 35 | 18.9% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 68 | 36.8% | |
| 2 | Heat source: other | 39 | 21.1% | |
| 3 | Arcing | 15 | 8.1% | |
| 4 | Heat from direct flame, convection currents | 9 | 4.9% | |
| 5 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 8 | 4.3% | |
| 6 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 7 | 3.8% | |
| 7 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 7 | 3.8% | |
| 8 | Cigarette | 5 | 2.7% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 27 | 14.6% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 18643 across 2021–2025. These 1 fires alone account for 0% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $50,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 18643.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Exeter | 365 | |
| 2 | West Pittston | 217 | |
| 3 | Pittston | 8 | |
| 4 | Wyoming | 8 | |
| 5 | Avoca | 1 |
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 — 969 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.