ZIP 21545 recorded 43 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 194 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Allegany County, MD.
194 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 24 | |
| 2022 | 40 | |
| 2023 | 60 | |
| 2024 | 27 | |
| 2025 | 43 |
Feb peaks. Jun dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 21545 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 50 | 25.8% | |
| 2 | Power line down | 33 | 17.0% | |
| 3 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 27 | 13.9% | |
| 4 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 26 | 13.4% | |
| 5 | Chimney or flue fire, confined to chimney or flue | 11 | 5.7% |
For the 19 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 21545 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Outside area, other | 7 | 25.9% | |
| 2 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 5 | 18.5% | |
| 3 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 4 | 14.8% | |
| 4 | Wildland, woods | 2 | 7.4% | |
| 5 | Undetermined | 2 | 7.4% | |
| 6 | Cooking area, kitchen | 1 | 3.7% | |
| 7 | Laundry area, wash house (laundry) | 1 | 3.7% | |
| 8 | Structural area, other | 1 | 3.7% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 4 | 14.8% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 16 | 59.3% | |
| 2 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 3 | 11.1% | |
| 3 | Hot ember or ash | 2 | 7.4% | |
| 4 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 1 | 3.7% | |
| 5 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 1 | 3.7% | |
| 6 | Incendiary device | 1 | 3.7% | |
| 7 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 1 | 3.7% | |
| 8 | Lightning | 1 | 3.7% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 1 | 3.7% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 21545 across 2021–2025. These 1 fires alone account for 0% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 21545.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mount Savage | 115 | |
| 2 | Barton | 1 | |
| 3 | Midland | 1 | |
| 4 | Savage | 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 — 194 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.