ZIP 17522 recorded 126 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,368 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Lancaster County, PA.
1,368 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 394 | |
| 2022 | 258 | |
| 2023 | 282 | |
| 2024 | 308 | |
| 2025 | 126 |
Aug peaks. Oct dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 17522 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 559 | 40.9% | |
| 2 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 104 | 7.6% | |
| 3 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 63 | 4.6% | |
| 4 | Vehicle accident, general cleanup | 63 | 4.6% | |
| 5 | Trash or rubbish fire, contained | 49 | 3.6% |
For the 41 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 17522 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Outside area, other | 32 | 14.6% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 24 | 11.0% | |
| 3 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 23 | 10.5% | |
| 4 | Other | 17 | 7.8% | |
| 5 | Undetermined | 15 | 6.8% | |
| 6 | Cooking area, kitchen | 11 | 5.0% | |
| 7 | Vehicle area, other | 10 | 4.6% | |
| 8 | Wall surface: exterior | 7 | 3.2% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 80 | 36.5% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 87 | 39.7% | |
| 2 | Hot ember or ash | 27 | 12.3% | |
| 3 | Heat source: other | 21 | 9.6% | |
| 4 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 17 | 7.8% | |
| 5 | Arcing | 16 | 7.3% | |
| 6 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 7 | 3.2% | |
| 7 | Cigarette | 5 | 2.3% | |
| 8 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 4 | 1.8% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 35 | 16.0% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 17522 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 14337% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $15,000,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Catastrophic |
| 2 | $6,400,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Catastrophic |
| 3 | $1,500,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 4 | $500,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 5 | $350,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 6 | $339,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 7 | $175,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 8 | $130,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 17522.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ephrata | 771 | |
| 2 | West Earl | 2 | |
| 3 | Lancaster | 1 | |
| 4 | Mount Joy | 1 | |
| 5 | New Holland | 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 — 1,368 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.