ZIP 19027 recorded 133 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 725 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Montgomery County, PA.
725 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 166 | |
| 2022 | 157 | |
| 2023 | 147 | |
| 2024 | 122 | |
| 2025 | 133 |
Aug peaks. Oct dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 19027 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 147 | 20.3% | |
| 2 | Building fires | 123 | 17.0% | |
| 3 | Arcing, shorted electrical equipment | 81 | 11.2% | |
| 4 | Cooking fire, confined to container | 59 | 8.1% | |
| 5 | Electrical wiring/equipment problem, other | 52 | 7.2% |
For the 20 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 19027 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cooking area, kitchen | 40 | 25.0% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 27 | 16.9% | |
| 3 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 17 | 10.6% | |
| 4 | Chute/container - trash, rubbish, waste | 8 | 5.0% | |
| 5 | Undetermined | 8 | 5.0% | |
| 6 | Other | 5 | 3.1% | |
| 7 | Storage area, other | 5 | 3.1% | |
| 8 | Vehicle area, other | 5 | 3.1% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 45 | 28.1% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 83 | 51.9% | |
| 2 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 21 | 13.1% | |
| 3 | Arcing | 11 | 6.9% | |
| 4 | Heat source: other | 9 | 5.6% | |
| 5 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 9 | 5.6% | |
| 6 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 6 | 3.8% | |
| 7 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 5 | 3.1% | |
| 8 | Heat from direct flame, convection currents | 3 | 1.9% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 13 | 8.1% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 19027 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 100% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $350,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 2 | $125,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 3 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 4 | $5,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 5 | $1,200 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 6 | $100 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 2025 | Significant |
| 7 | $1 | Cooking fire, confined to container | 2025 | Significant |
| 8 | $1 | Cooking fire, confined to container | 2025 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 19027.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Elkins Park | 458 | |
| 2 | Cheltenham | 7 | |
| 3 | Jenkintown | 3 | |
| 4 | Wyncote | 2 | |
| 5 | Abington | 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 — 725 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.