ZIP 19046 recorded 214 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,127 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Montgomery County, PA.
1,127 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 139 | |
| 2022 | 267 | |
| 2023 | 252 | |
| 2024 | 255 | |
| 2025 | 214 |
Jul peaks. Feb dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 19046 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 336 | 29.8% | |
| 2 | Building fires | 194 | 17.2% | |
| 3 | Arcing, shorted electrical equipment | 102 | 9.1% | |
| 4 | Cooking fire, confined to container | 67 | 5.9% | |
| 5 | Electrical wiring/equipment problem, other | 64 | 5.7% |
For the 32 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 19046 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Outside area, other | 38 | 18.4% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 36 | 17.5% | |
| 3 | Cooking area, kitchen | 33 | 16.0% | |
| 4 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 13 | 6.3% | |
| 5 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 12 | 5.8% | |
| 6 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 8 | 3.9% | |
| 7 | Courtyard, patio, porch, terrace | 5 | 2.4% | |
| 8 | Wildland, woods | 5 | 2.4% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 56 | 27.2% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 88 | 42.7% | |
| 2 | Arcing | 22 | 10.7% | |
| 3 | Cigarette | 18 | 8.7% | |
| 4 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 17 | 8.3% | |
| 5 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 14 | 6.8% | |
| 6 | Heat source: other | 8 | 3.9% | |
| 7 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 7 | 3.4% | |
| 8 | Cigarette lighter | 6 | 2.9% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 26 | 12.6% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 19046 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 10360% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $350,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 2 | $120,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 3 | $20,000 | Dumpster or other outside trash receptacle fire | 2022 | Significant |
| 4 | $10,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 5 | $10,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 6 | $5,000 | Fire, other | 2025 | Significant |
| 7 | $2,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 8 | $1,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 19046.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jenkintown | 576 | |
| 2 | Rockledge | 113 | |
| 3 | Abington | 4 | |
| 4 | Wyncote | 2 | |
| 5 | Elkins Park | 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 — 1,127 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.