ZIP 19301 recorded 27 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 275 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Chester County, PA.
275 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 48 | |
| 2022 | 77 | |
| 2023 | 68 | |
| 2024 | 55 | |
| 2025 | 27 |
Jul peaks. Feb dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 19301 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 65 | 23.6% | |
| 2 | Arcing, shorted electrical equipment | 59 | 21.5% | |
| 3 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 27 | 9.8% | |
| 4 | Power line down | 18 | 6.5% | |
| 5 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 15 | 5.5% |
For the 10 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 19301 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 16 | 28.1% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 10 | 17.5% | |
| 3 | Outside area, other | 7 | 12.3% | |
| 4 | Cooking area, kitchen | 6 | 10.5% | |
| 5 | Courtyard, patio, porch, terrace | 4 | 7.0% | |
| 6 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 3 | 5.3% | |
| 7 | Cargo/trunk area - all vehicles | 2 | 3.5% | |
| 8 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 2 | 3.5% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 7 | 12.3% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cigarette lighter | 18 | 31.6% | |
| 2 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 17 | 29.8% | |
| 3 | Undetermined | 6 | 10.5% | |
| 4 | Heat source: other | 4 | 7.0% | |
| 5 | Cigarette | 4 | 7.0% | |
| 6 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 1 | 1.8% | |
| 7 | Arcing | 1 | 1.8% | |
| 8 | Heat, spark from friction | 1 | 1.8% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 5 | 8.8% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 19301 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 0% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $250,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 2 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 3 | $100,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2022 | Significant |
| 4 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 5 | $33,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2022 | Significant |
| 6 | $10,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 7 | $3,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 8 | $3,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2023 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 19301.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paoli | 207 | |
| 2 | Berwyn | 2 | |
| 3 | Malvern | 1 | |
| 4 | Tredyffrin | 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 — 275 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.