ZIP 17520 recorded 8 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 168 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Lancaster County, PA.
168 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 46 | |
| 2022 | 28 | |
| 2023 | 35 | |
| 2024 | 51 | |
| 2025 | 8 |
Jan peaks. Oct dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 17520 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 73 | 43.5% | |
| 2 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 34 | 20.2% | |
| 3 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 9 | 5.4% | |
| 4 | Trash or rubbish fire, contained | 6 | 3.6% | |
| 5 | Carbon monoxide incident | 6 | 3.6% |
For the 0 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 17520 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Outside area, other | 9 | 28.1% | |
| 2 | Cooking area, kitchen | 5 | 15.6% | |
| 3 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 4 | 12.5% | |
| 4 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 2 | 6.2% | |
| 5 | Office | 2 | 6.2% | |
| 6 | Undetermined | 2 | 6.2% | |
| 7 | Other | 1 | 3.1% | |
| 8 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 1 | 3.1% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 6 | 18.8% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 7 | 21.9% | |
| 2 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 3 | 9.4% | |
| 3 | Hot ember or ash | 3 | 9.4% | |
| 4 | Candle | 3 | 9.4% | |
| 5 | Heat source: other | 2 | 6.2% | |
| 6 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 2 | 6.2% | |
| 7 | Cigarette | 2 | 6.2% | |
| 8 | Cigarette lighter | 2 | 6.2% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 8 | 25.0% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 17520 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 0% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $300,000 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | 2021 | Major |
| 2 | $250,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 3 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 4 | $50,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 5 | $30,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 6 | $9,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2023 | Significant |
| 7 | $2,500 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 8 | $1,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 17520.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | East Petersburg | 136 | |
| 2 | Lancaster | 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 — 168 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.