ZIP 17578 recorded 57 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 685 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Lancaster County, PA.
685 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 152 | |
| 2022 | 211 | |
| 2023 | 128 | |
| 2024 | 137 | |
| 2025 | 57 |
Mar peaks. Sep dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 17578 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aircraft standby | 283 | 41.3% | |
| 2 | Building fires | 158 | 23.1% | |
| 3 | Vehicle accident, general cleanup | 36 | 5.3% | |
| 4 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 33 | 4.8% | |
| 5 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 26 | 3.8% |
For the 4 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 17578 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 17 | 22.1% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 10 | 13.0% | |
| 3 | Undetermined | 10 | 13.0% | |
| 4 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 7 | 9.1% | |
| 5 | Cooking area, kitchen | 4 | 5.2% | |
| 6 | Vehicle area, other | 3 | 3.9% | |
| 7 | Other | 2 | 2.6% | |
| 8 | Entrance way, lobby | 2 | 2.6% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 22 | 28.6% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 28 | 36.4% | |
| 2 | Arcing | 9 | 11.7% | |
| 3 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 8 | 10.4% | |
| 4 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 7 | 9.1% | |
| 5 | Heat, spark from friction | 5 | 6.5% | |
| 6 | Hot ember or ash | 5 | 6.5% | |
| 7 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 4 | 5.2% | |
| 8 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 3 | 3.9% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 8 | 10.4% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 17578 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 48875% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $1,000,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 2 | $350,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Major |
| 3 | $300,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 4 | $120,000 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | 2021 | Significant |
| 5 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 6 | $40,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 7 | $25,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 8 | $20,000 | Fire in mobile home used as fixed residence | 2021 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 17578.
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 — 685 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.