ZIP 21741 recorded 7 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 50 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Washington County, MD.
50 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 12 | |
| 2022 | 12 | |
| 2023 | 14 | |
| 2024 | 5 | |
| 2025 | 7 |
Apr peaks. Sep dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 21741 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 11 | 22.0% | |
| 2 | Power line down | 8 | 16.0% | |
| 3 | Electrical wiring/equipment problem, other | 7 | 14.0% | |
| 4 | Forest, woods or wildland fire | 3 | 6.0% | |
| 5 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 3 | 6.0% |
For the 0 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 21741 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 3 | 33.3% | |
| 2 | Cooking area, kitchen | 1 | 11.1% | |
| 3 | Bathroom, checkroom, lavatory, locker room | 1 | 11.1% | |
| 4 | Storage area, other | 1 | 11.1% | |
| 5 | Chute/container - trash, rubbish, waste | 1 | 11.1% | |
| 6 | Operator/passenger area of transportation equip. | 1 | 11.1% | |
| 7 | Outside area, other | 1 | 11.1% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 5 | 55.6% | |
| 2 | Heat source: other | 1 | 11.1% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 1 | 11.1% | |
| 4 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 1 | 11.1% | |
| 5 | Flying brand, ember, spark | 1 | 11.1% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 21741 across 2021–2025. These 1 fires alone account for 0% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $500 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 21741.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hagerstown | 19 | |
| 2 | Halfway | 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 — 50 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.