ZIP 19348 recorded 165 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,474 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Chester County, PA.
1,474 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 265 | |
| 2022 | 292 | |
| 2023 | 337 | |
| 2024 | 415 | |
| 2025 | 165 |
Jan peaks. May dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 19348 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 348 | 23.6% | |
| 2 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 173 | 11.7% | |
| 3 | Power line down | 173 | 11.7% | |
| 4 | Arcing, shorted electrical equipment | 124 | 8.4% | |
| 5 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 67 | 4.5% |
For the 19 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 19348 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Outside area, other | 31 | 16.3% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 25 | 13.2% | |
| 3 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 21 | 11.1% | |
| 4 | Cooking area, kitchen | 20 | 10.5% | |
| 5 | Undetermined | 12 | 6.3% | |
| 6 | Wildland, woods | 10 | 5.3% | |
| 7 | Wall surface: exterior | 8 | 4.2% | |
| 8 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 8 | 4.2% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 55 | 28.9% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 85 | 44.7% | |
| 2 | Hot ember or ash | 18 | 9.5% | |
| 3 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 14 | 7.4% | |
| 4 | Arcing | 12 | 6.3% | |
| 5 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 9 | 4.7% | |
| 6 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 8 | 4.2% | |
| 7 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 6 | 3.2% | |
| 8 | Chemical reaction | 5 | 2.6% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 33 | 17.4% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 19348 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 8271% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $3,500,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 2 | $2,000,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Major |
| 3 | $1,500,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 4 | $1,000,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 5 | $750,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Major |
| 6 | $600,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 7 | $300,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 8 | $300,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 19348.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kennett Square | 660 | |
| 2 | Kennett | 2 | |
| 3 | Claymont | 1 | |
| 4 | New Castle | 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 — 1,474 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.