ZIP 19380 recorded 91 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,379 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Chester County, PA.
1,379 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 326 | |
| 2022 | 316 | |
| 2023 | 353 | |
| 2024 | 293 | |
| 2025 | 91 |
Mar peaks. May dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 19380 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 383 | 27.8% | |
| 2 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 166 | 12.0% | |
| 3 | Arcing, shorted electrical equipment | 132 | 9.6% | |
| 4 | Power line down | 117 | 8.5% | |
| 5 | Carbon monoxide incident | 71 | 5.1% |
For the 32 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 19380 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cooking area, kitchen | 85 | 23.4% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 65 | 17.9% | |
| 3 | Undetermined | 28 | 7.7% | |
| 4 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 26 | 7.2% | |
| 5 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 19 | 5.2% | |
| 6 | Courtyard, patio, porch, terrace | 8 | 2.2% | |
| 7 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 8 | 2.2% | |
| 8 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 7 | 1.9% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 117 | 32.2% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 157 | 43.3% | |
| 2 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 58 | 16.0% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 36 | 9.9% | |
| 4 | Hot ember or ash | 34 | 9.4% | |
| 5 | Arcing | 22 | 6.1% | |
| 6 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 10 | 2.8% | |
| 7 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 10 | 2.8% | |
| 8 | Heat source: other | 6 | 1.7% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 30 | 8.3% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 19380 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 1657% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $5,000,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Catastrophic |
| 2 | $3,500,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Major |
| 3 | $750,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 4 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 5 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 6 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 7 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 8 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 19380.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Chester | 745 | |
| 2 | Chester | 1 | |
| 3 | Downingtown | 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 — 1,379 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.