ZIP 21014 recorded 339 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,661 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Harford County, MD.
1,661 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 315 | |
| 2022 | 314 | |
| 2023 | 354 | |
| 2024 | 339 | |
| 2025 | 339 |
Mar peaks. Oct dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 21014 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 381 | 22.9% | |
| 2 | Building fires | 306 | 18.4% | |
| 3 | Arcing, shorted electrical equipment | 118 | 7.1% | |
| 4 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 93 | 5.6% | |
| 5 | Electrical wiring/equipment problem, other | 71 | 4.3% |
For the 57 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 21014 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 56 | 23.7% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 24 | 10.2% | |
| 3 | Undetermined | 24 | 10.2% | |
| 4 | Cooking area, kitchen | 19 | 8.1% | |
| 5 | Outside area, other | 17 | 7.2% | |
| 6 | Other | 14 | 5.9% | |
| 7 | Wildland, woods | 12 | 5.1% | |
| 8 | Exterior balcony, unenclosed porch | 10 | 4.2% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 60 | 25.4% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 69 | 29.2% | |
| 2 | Cigarette | 33 | 14.0% | |
| 3 | Arcing | 24 | 10.2% | |
| 4 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 22 | 9.3% | |
| 5 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 17 | 7.2% | |
| 6 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 14 | 5.9% | |
| 7 | Hot ember or ash | 13 | 5.5% | |
| 8 | Heat, spark from friction | 6 | 2.5% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 38 | 16.1% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 21014 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 214% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $380,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 2 | $300,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 3 | $250,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 4 | $125,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 5 | $105,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 6 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 7 | $75,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 8 | $75,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 21014.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bel Air | 1,657 |
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 — 1,661 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.