ZIP 17022 recorded 196 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,486 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Dauphin County, PA.
1,486 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 267 | |
| 2022 | 355 | |
| 2023 | 348 | |
| 2024 | 320 | |
| 2025 | 196 |
Mar peaks. Aug dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 17022 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 569 | 38.3% | |
| 2 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 117 | 7.9% | |
| 3 | Authorized controlled burning | 104 | 7.0% | |
| 4 | Vehicle accident, general cleanup | 95 | 6.4% | |
| 5 | Power line down | 92 | 6.2% |
For the 44 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 17022 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 24 | 15.3% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 19 | 12.1% | |
| 3 | Undetermined | 18 | 11.5% | |
| 4 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 16 | 10.2% | |
| 5 | Wildland, woods | 8 | 5.1% | |
| 6 | Cooking area, kitchen | 7 | 4.5% | |
| 7 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 6 | 3.8% | |
| 8 | Other | 5 | 3.2% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 54 | 34.4% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 57 | 36.3% | |
| 2 | Arcing | 14 | 8.9% | |
| 3 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 12 | 7.6% | |
| 4 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 12 | 7.6% | |
| 5 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 10 | 6.4% | |
| 6 | Hot ember or ash | 8 | 5.1% | |
| 7 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 6 | 3.8% | |
| 8 | Heat, spark from friction | 5 | 3.2% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 33 | 21.0% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 17022 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 806% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $500,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 2 | $300,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 3 | $250,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 4 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 5 | $175,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 6 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 7 | $150,000 | Off-road vehicle or heavy equipment fire | 2024 | Significant |
| 8 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 17022.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Elizabethtown | 1,045 | |
| 2 | Hershey | 2 | |
| 3 | Londonderry | 1 | |
| 4 | Maytown | 1 | |
| 5 | Middletown | 1 |
Some ZIPs span multiple counties. The primary above is the largest by population weight; secondary counties are below.
| County | State | Weight | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lancaster County | PA | 1.00 | FIPS 42071 |
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 — 1,486 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.