ZIP 17201 recorded 269 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,531 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Franklin County, PA. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Moderate.
1,531 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 312 | |
| 2022 | 299 | |
| 2023 | 297 | |
| 2024 | 354 | |
| 2025 | 269 |
Jun peaks. Nov dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 17201 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 429 | 28.0% | |
| 2 | Vehicle accident, general cleanup | 134 | 8.8% | |
| 3 | Cooking fire, confined to container | 107 | 7.0% | |
| 4 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 86 | 5.6% | |
| 5 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 68 | 4.4% |
For the 70 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 17201 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 31 | 13.0% | |
| 2 | Cooking area, kitchen | 24 | 10.1% | |
| 3 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 22 | 9.2% | |
| 4 | Outside area, other | 17 | 7.1% | |
| 5 | Undetermined | 17 | 7.1% | |
| 6 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 12 | 5.0% | |
| 7 | Courtyard, patio, porch, terrace | 12 | 5.0% | |
| 8 | Chute/container - trash, rubbish, waste | 10 | 4.2% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 93 | 39.1% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 91 | 38.2% | |
| 2 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 30 | 12.6% | |
| 3 | Hot ember or ash | 15 | 6.3% | |
| 4 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 14 | 5.9% | |
| 5 | Arcing | 13 | 5.5% | |
| 6 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 13 | 5.5% | |
| 7 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 8 | 3.4% | |
| 8 | Cigarette lighter | 7 | 2.9% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 47 | 19.7% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 17201 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 174% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $250,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 2 | $250,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 3 | $225,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 4 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 5 | $175,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 6 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 7 | $147,277 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 8 | $135,630 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 17201.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chambersburg | 1,115 |
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 — 1,531 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.