ZIP 17543 recorded 81 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 917 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Lancaster County, PA.
917 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 179 | |
| 2022 | 173 | |
| 2023 | 276 | |
| 2024 | 208 | |
| 2025 | 81 |
Jul peaks. Nov dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 17543 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 340 | 37.1% | |
| 2 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 72 | 7.9% | |
| 3 | Power line down | 57 | 6.2% | |
| 4 | Unauthorized burning | 33 | 3.6% | |
| 5 | Vehicle accident, general cleanup | 32 | 3.5% |
For the 26 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 17543 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 29 | 13.7% | |
| 2 | Cooking area, kitchen | 27 | 12.7% | |
| 3 | Outside area, other | 23 | 10.8% | |
| 4 | Courtyard, patio, porch, terrace | 17 | 8.0% | |
| 5 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 15 | 7.1% | |
| 6 | Undetermined | 13 | 6.1% | |
| 7 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 12 | 5.7% | |
| 8 | Conduit, pipe, utility, or ventilation shaft | 7 | 3.3% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 69 | 32.5% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 70 | 33.0% | |
| 2 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 26 | 12.3% | |
| 3 | Cigarette | 25 | 11.8% | |
| 4 | Arcing | 19 | 9.0% | |
| 5 | Hot ember or ash | 19 | 9.0% | |
| 6 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 11 | 5.2% | |
| 7 | Heat source: other | 9 | 4.2% | |
| 8 | Heat from direct flame, convection currents | 5 | 2.4% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 28 | 13.2% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 17543 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 147% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $715,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 2 | $300,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 3 | $250,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 4 | $110,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 5 | $108,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 6 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 7 | $80,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 8 | $50,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 17543.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lititz | 318 | |
| 2 | Morgantown | 26 | |
| 3 | Denver | 1 | |
| 4 | Manheim | 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 — 917 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.