ZIP 19382 recorded 96 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,048 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Chester County, PA.
1,048 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 245 | |
| 2022 | 260 | |
| 2023 | 227 | |
| 2024 | 220 | |
| 2025 | 96 |
Mar peaks. May dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 19382 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 187 | 17.8% | |
| 2 | Power line down | 146 | 13.9% | |
| 3 | Arcing, shorted electrical equipment | 117 | 11.2% | |
| 4 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 98 | 9.4% | |
| 5 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 63 | 6.0% |
For the 16 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 19382 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Outside area, other | 39 | 17.0% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 31 | 13.5% | |
| 3 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 29 | 12.7% | |
| 4 | Cooking area, kitchen | 27 | 11.8% | |
| 5 | Undetermined | 19 | 8.3% | |
| 6 | Wildland, woods | 11 | 4.8% | |
| 7 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 8 | 3.5% | |
| 8 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 5 | 2.2% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 60 | 26.2% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 115 | 50.2% | |
| 2 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 24 | 10.5% | |
| 3 | Hot ember or ash | 22 | 9.6% | |
| 4 | Arcing | 19 | 8.3% | |
| 5 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 10 | 4.4% | |
| 6 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 7 | 3.1% | |
| 7 | Heat source: other | 6 | 2.6% | |
| 8 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 5 | 2.2% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 21 | 9.2% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 19382 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 274% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $1,500,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Major |
| 2 | $1,000,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 3 | $1,000,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 4 | $1,000,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 5 | $500,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 6 | $350,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2023 | Major |
| 7 | $250,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Major |
| 8 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 19382.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Chester | 155 | |
| 2 | Birmingham | 2 | |
| 3 | Berwyn | 1 | |
| 4 | Chester | 1 | |
| 5 | Upper Darby | 1 |
Some ZIPs span multiple counties. The primary above is the largest by population weight; secondary counties are below.
| County | State | Weight | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Delaware County | PA | 0.50 | FIPS 42045 |
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 — 1,048 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.