ZIP 17602 recorded 224 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,352 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Lancaster County, PA.
1,352 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 285 | |
| 2022 | 305 | |
| 2023 | 325 | |
| 2024 | 213 | |
| 2025 | 224 |
Jul peaks. Feb dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 17602 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 410 | 30.3% | |
| 2 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 260 | 19.2% | |
| 3 | Passenger vehicle fire | 72 | 5.3% | |
| 4 | Carbon monoxide incident | 68 | 5.0% | |
| 5 | Trash or rubbish fire, contained | 58 | 4.3% |
For the 46 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 17602 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Outside area, other | 62 | 21.8% | |
| 2 | Cooking area, kitchen | 43 | 15.1% | |
| 3 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 33 | 11.6% | |
| 4 | Undetermined | 16 | 5.6% | |
| 5 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 13 | 4.6% | |
| 6 | Other | 11 | 3.9% | |
| 7 | Chute/container - trash, rubbish, waste | 11 | 3.9% | |
| 8 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 9 | 3.2% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 86 | 30.3% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 140 | 49.3% | |
| 2 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 21 | 7.4% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 16 | 5.6% | |
| 4 | Cigarette | 14 | 4.9% | |
| 5 | Arcing | 13 | 4.6% | |
| 6 | Hot ember or ash | 12 | 4.2% | |
| 7 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 11 | 3.9% | |
| 8 | Heat source: other | 9 | 3.2% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 48 | 16.9% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 17602 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 411% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 2 | $115,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2021 | Significant |
| 3 | $100,000 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | 2022 | Significant |
| 4 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 5 | $80,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 6 | $50,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 7 | $50,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 8 | $50,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 17602.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lancaster | 787 | |
| 2 | East Lampeter | 1 | |
| 3 | Lampeter | 1 | |
| 4 | Mountville | 1 | |
| 5 | Willow Street | 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 — 1,352 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.