ZIP 19004 recorded 45 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 314 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Montgomery County, PA.
314 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 71 | |
| 2022 | 66 | |
| 2023 | 72 | |
| 2024 | 60 | |
| 2025 | 45 |
Jul peaks. May dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 19004 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 86 | 27.4% | |
| 2 | Passenger vehicle fire | 38 | 12.1% | |
| 3 | Cooking fire, confined to container | 19 | 6.1% | |
| 4 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 18 | 5.7% | |
| 5 | Carbon monoxide incident | 17 | 5.4% |
For the 4 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 19004 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 31 | 25.4% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 26 | 21.3% | |
| 3 | Cooking area, kitchen | 22 | 18.0% | |
| 4 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 8 | 6.6% | |
| 5 | Undetermined | 6 | 4.9% | |
| 6 | Laundry area, wash house (laundry) | 5 | 4.1% | |
| 7 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 4 | 3.3% | |
| 8 | Cargo/trunk area - all vehicles | 3 | 2.5% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 17 | 13.9% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 37 | 30.3% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 36 | 29.5% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 9 | 7.4% | |
| 4 | Hot ember or ash | 7 | 5.7% | |
| 5 | Heat source: other | 5 | 4.1% | |
| 6 | Candle | 5 | 4.1% | |
| 7 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 4 | 3.3% | |
| 8 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 3 | 2.5% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 16 | 13.1% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 19004 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 239% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 2 | $100,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2023 | Significant |
| 3 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 4 | $80,000 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | 2025 | Significant |
| 5 | $60,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 6 | $10,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 7 | $10,000 | Electrical wiring/equipment problem, other | 2025 | Significant |
| 8 | $5,000 | Arcing, shorted electrical equipment | 2022 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 19004.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bala Cynwyd | 294 | |
| 2 | Philadelphia | 5 | |
| 3 | Dover | 3 |
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 — 314 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.