ZIP 17538 recorded 21 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 238 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Lancaster County, PA.
238 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 38 | |
| 2022 | 57 | |
| 2023 | 88 | |
| 2024 | 34 | |
| 2025 | 21 |
Feb peaks. Dec dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 17538 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 116 | 48.7% | |
| 2 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 38 | 16.0% | |
| 3 | Passenger vehicle fire | 9 | 3.8% | |
| 4 | Carbon monoxide incident | 8 | 3.4% | |
| 5 | Arcing, shorted electrical equipment | 8 | 3.4% |
For the 11 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 17538 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Outside area, other | 6 | 15.0% | |
| 2 | Cooking area, kitchen | 3 | 7.5% | |
| 3 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 3 | 7.5% | |
| 4 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 3 | 7.5% | |
| 5 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 2 | 5.0% | |
| 6 | Substructure area or space, crawl space | 2 | 5.0% | |
| 7 | Exterior balcony, unenclosed porch | 2 | 5.0% | |
| 8 | Operator/passenger area of transportation equip. | 2 | 5.0% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 17 | 42.5% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 9 | 22.5% | |
| 2 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 8 | 20.0% | |
| 3 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 5 | 12.5% | |
| 4 | Arcing | 4 | 10.0% | |
| 5 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 2 | 5.0% | |
| 6 | Hot ember or ash | 2 | 5.0% | |
| 7 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 2 | 5.0% | |
| 8 | Flying brand, ember, spark | 2 | 5.0% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 6 | 15.0% |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 17538.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Landisville | 110 | |
| 2 | Salunga | 20 | |
| 3 | Mount Joy | 2 | |
| 4 | Wrightsville | 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 — 238 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.