Damage Report · Greater Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania · August 2026
Pittsburgh Fire Damage Report: August 2026
Greater Pittsburgh (Pittsburgh, Mount Lebanon, and Penn Hills, and the surrounding Allegheny and Butler county communities) logged 331 damage incidents in August 2026, roughly 11 a day, with August 31 the busiest day at 19.
At a glance
- 331Damage incidents tracked in August 2026
- ~11/dayAverage daily incident volume
- 169Structure fires
- 76%Incidents with medium or high damage estimates
Incidents by type
Estimated damage severity
Busiest cities
Peak day: August 31 (19 incidents). Counties covered: Allegheny, Butler.
What stood out
- August 31 was the busiest day of the month for Greater Pittsburgh: 19 incidents, well above the daily average of 11.
- Pittsburgh led the territory with 101 incidents (31% of the month), followed by Mount Lebanon (9) and Penn Hills (8).
- 253 of Greater Pittsburgh's 331 incidents (76%) carried a medium or high damage estimate: roughly 8 significant restoration opportunities surfacing every day.
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Methodology: incident counts reflect verified fire and water damage incidents surfaced to FirstLeads subscribers in the Greater Pittsburgh throughout August 2026, aggregated from FirstLeads' real-time incident monitoring network and frozen as a monthly snapshot at publish time. Damage severity is estimated from emergency response signals at the time of the incident.
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