ZIP 21750 recorded 130 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 558 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Washington County, MD.
558 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 88 | |
| 2022 | 85 | |
| 2023 | 113 | |
| 2024 | 142 | |
| 2025 | 130 |
Apr peaks. Feb dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 21750 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 93 | 16.7% | |
| 2 | Power line down | 80 | 14.3% | |
| 3 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 57 | 10.2% | |
| 4 | Passenger vehicle fire | 44 | 7.9% | |
| 5 | Forest, woods or wildland fire | 41 | 7.3% |
For the 15 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 21750 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 27 | 22.5% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 19 | 15.8% | |
| 3 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 13 | 10.8% | |
| 4 | Outside area, other | 10 | 8.3% | |
| 5 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 9 | 7.5% | |
| 6 | Wildland, woods | 7 | 5.8% | |
| 7 | Other | 4 | 3.3% | |
| 8 | Cooking area, kitchen | 4 | 3.3% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 27 | 22.5% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 48 | 40.0% | |
| 2 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 12 | 10.0% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 11 | 9.2% | |
| 4 | Arcing | 10 | 8.3% | |
| 5 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 7 | 5.8% | |
| 6 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 7 | 5.8% | |
| 7 | Hot ember or ash | 5 | 4.2% | |
| 8 | Cigarette lighter | 4 | 3.3% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 16 | 13.3% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 21750 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 761% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $250,000 | Rail vehicle fire | 2023 | Major |
| 2 | $250,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 3 | $220,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 4 | $210,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 5 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 6 | $130,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 7 | $75,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 8 | $50,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2021 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 21750.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hancock | 534 |
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 — 558 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.