ZIP 17601 recorded 315 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 3,016 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Lancaster County, PA.
3,016 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 745 | |
| 2022 | 690 | |
| 2023 | 722 | |
| 2024 | 544 | |
| 2025 | 315 |
Apr peaks. Nov dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 17601 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 652 | 21.6% | |
| 2 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 521 | 17.3% | |
| 3 | Cooking fire, confined to container | 242 | 8.0% | |
| 4 | Carbon monoxide incident | 178 | 5.9% | |
| 5 | Passenger vehicle fire | 136 | 4.5% |
For the 55 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 17601 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cooking area, kitchen | 175 | 21.9% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 158 | 19.8% | |
| 3 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 75 | 9.4% | |
| 4 | Undetermined | 68 | 8.5% | |
| 5 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 38 | 4.8% | |
| 6 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 29 | 3.6% | |
| 7 | Other | 23 | 2.9% | |
| 8 | Vehicle area, other | 19 | 2.4% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 215 | 26.9% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 290 | 36.2% | |
| 2 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 135 | 16.9% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 64 | 8.0% | |
| 4 | Heat source: other | 46 | 5.8% | |
| 5 | Cigarette | 44 | 5.5% | |
| 6 | Arcing | 38 | 4.8% | |
| 7 | Hot ember or ash | 34 | 4.2% | |
| 8 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 31 | 3.9% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 118 | 14.8% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 17601 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 448% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $1,200,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 2 | $800,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 3 | $450,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 4 | $300,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Major |
| 5 | $200,000 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | 2023 | Significant |
| 6 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 7 | $150,000 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | 2025 | Significant |
| 8 | $135,000 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | 2022 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 17601.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lancaster | 1,503 | |
| 2 | West Hempfield | 7 | |
| 3 | East Hempfield | 4 | |
| 4 | East Lampeter | 2 |
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 — 3,016 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.