ZIP 18940 recorded 210 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 887 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Bucks County, PA. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Moderate.
887 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 141 | |
| 2022 | 174 | |
| 2023 | 162 | |
| 2024 | 200 | |
| 2025 | 210 |
Jul peaks. Oct dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 18940 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 233 | 26.3% | |
| 2 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 103 | 11.6% | |
| 3 | Power line down | 72 | 8.1% | |
| 4 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 64 | 7.2% | |
| 5 | Arcing, shorted electrical equipment | 55 | 6.2% |
For the 46 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 18940 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 35 | 18.9% | |
| 2 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 27 | 14.6% | |
| 3 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 26 | 14.1% | |
| 4 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 18 | 9.7% | |
| 5 | Outside area, other | 15 | 8.1% | |
| 6 | Cooking area, kitchen | 12 | 6.5% | |
| 7 | Courtyard, patio, porch, terrace | 8 | 4.3% | |
| 8 | Laundry area, wash house (laundry) | 5 | 2.7% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 39 | 21.1% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 109 | 58.9% | |
| 2 | Arcing | 14 | 7.6% | |
| 3 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 8 | 4.3% | |
| 4 | Hot ember or ash | 7 | 3.8% | |
| 5 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 6 | 3.2% | |
| 6 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 5 | 2.7% | |
| 7 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 4 | 2.2% | |
| 8 | Lightning | 4 | 2.2% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 28 | 15.1% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 18940 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 1874% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $1,000,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 2 | $841,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 3 | $800,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 4 | $450,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 5 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 6 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 7 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 8 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 18940.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Newtown | 620 | |
| 2 | Upper Makefield | 12 | |
| 3 | Wrightstown | 7 | |
| 4 | Newton | 1 | |
| 5 | Pittston | 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 — 887 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.