ZIP 19426 recorded 180 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,469 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Montgomery County, PA.
1,469 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 308 | |
| 2022 | 434 | |
| 2023 | 305 | |
| 2024 | 242 | |
| 2025 | 180 |
Nov peaks. Oct dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 19426 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 382 | 26.0% | |
| 2 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 175 | 11.9% | |
| 3 | Cooking fire, confined to container | 112 | 7.6% | |
| 4 | Arcing, shorted electrical equipment | 104 | 7.1% | |
| 5 | Power line down | 65 | 4.4% |
For the 33 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 19426 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cooking area, kitchen | 68 | 21.7% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 45 | 14.4% | |
| 3 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 40 | 12.8% | |
| 4 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 26 | 8.3% | |
| 5 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 15 | 4.8% | |
| 6 | Undetermined | 15 | 4.8% | |
| 7 | Other | 11 | 3.5% | |
| 8 | Wildland, woods | 11 | 3.5% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 82 | 26.2% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 117 | 37.4% | |
| 2 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 33 | 10.5% | |
| 3 | Arcing | 30 | 9.6% | |
| 4 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 26 | 8.3% | |
| 5 | Hot ember or ash | 24 | 7.7% | |
| 6 | Heat source: other | 14 | 4.5% | |
| 7 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 12 | 3.8% | |
| 8 | Heat from direct flame, convection currents | 9 | 2.9% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 48 | 15.3% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 19426 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 228% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $1,172,370 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 2 | $502,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 3 | $500,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 4 | $300,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 5 | $228,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 6 | $225,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 7 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 8 | $129,002 | Fire, other | 2024 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 19426.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Collegeville | 577 | |
| 2 | Trappe | 171 | |
| 3 | Perkiomen | 19 | |
| 4 | Upper Providence | 15 | |
| 5 | Skippack | 4 |
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 — 1,469 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.