ZIP 21502 recorded 914 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 3,949 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Allegany County, MD.
3,949 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 600 | |
| 2022 | 773 | |
| 2023 | 817 | |
| 2024 | 845 | |
| 2025 | 914 |
Apr peaks. Feb dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 21502 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 945 | 23.9% | |
| 2 | Vehicle accident, general cleanup | 575 | 14.6% | |
| 3 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 354 | 9.0% | |
| 4 | Power line down | 267 | 6.8% | |
| 5 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 187 | 4.7% |
For the 216 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 21502 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 69 | 18.9% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 43 | 11.8% | |
| 3 | Cooking area, kitchen | 32 | 8.8% | |
| 4 | Outside area, other | 28 | 7.7% | |
| 5 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 15 | 4.1% | |
| 6 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 13 | 3.6% | |
| 7 | Cargo/trunk area - all vehicles | 13 | 3.6% | |
| 8 | Wildland, woods | 13 | 3.6% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 139 | 38.1% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 169 | 46.3% | |
| 2 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 27 | 7.4% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 26 | 7.1% | |
| 4 | Arcing | 25 | 6.8% | |
| 5 | Heat, spark from friction | 22 | 6.0% | |
| 6 | Cigarette | 18 | 4.9% | |
| 7 | Heat from direct flame, convection currents | 11 | 3.0% | |
| 8 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 10 | 2.7% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 57 | 15.6% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 21502 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 236% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $305,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 2 | $250,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 3 | $225,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 4 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 5 | $100,000 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | 2022 | Significant |
| 6 | $100,000 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | 2024 | Significant |
| 7 | $90,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 8 | $75,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 21502.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cumberland | 2,297 | |
| 2 | Cresaptown | 361 | |
| 3 | Corriganville | 91 | |
| 4 | Bowling Green | 46 | |
| 5 | Ellerslie | 12 |
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 — 3,949 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.