ZIP 21742 recorded 318 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,068 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Washington County, MD.
1,068 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 179 | |
| 2022 | 185 | |
| 2023 | 180 | |
| 2024 | 206 | |
| 2025 | 318 |
Apr peaks. Sep dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 21742 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 215 | 20.1% | |
| 2 | Power line down | 175 | 16.4% | |
| 3 | Vehicle accident, general cleanup | 81 | 7.6% | |
| 4 | Authorized controlled burning | 59 | 5.5% | |
| 5 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 57 | 5.3% |
For the 48 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 21742 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 18 | 14.9% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 14 | 11.6% | |
| 3 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 14 | 11.6% | |
| 4 | Other | 9 | 7.4% | |
| 5 | Cooking area, kitchen | 9 | 7.4% | |
| 6 | Outside area, other | 7 | 5.8% | |
| 7 | Laundry area, wash house (laundry) | 5 | 4.1% | |
| 8 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 4 | 3.3% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 41 | 33.9% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 60 | 49.6% | |
| 2 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 10 | 8.3% | |
| 3 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 9 | 7.4% | |
| 4 | Hot ember or ash | 9 | 7.4% | |
| 5 | Arcing | 8 | 6.6% | |
| 6 | Heat source: other | 7 | 5.8% | |
| 7 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 4 | 3.3% | |
| 8 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 4 | 3.3% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 10 | 8.3% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 21742 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 181% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $448,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 2 | $350,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 3 | $250,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 4 | $210,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 5 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 6 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 7 | $80,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 8 | $60,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 21742.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hagerstown | 980 | |
| 2 | Halfway | 5 | |
| 3 | Boonsboro | 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 — 1,068 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.