ZIP 19460 recorded 209 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,632 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Chester County, PA.
1,632 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 364 | |
| 2022 | 391 | |
| 2023 | 354 | |
| 2024 | 314 | |
| 2025 | 209 |
Jan peaks. Oct dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 19460 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 550 | 33.7% | |
| 2 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 190 | 11.6% | |
| 3 | Power line down | 96 | 5.9% | |
| 4 | Carbon monoxide incident | 89 | 5.5% | |
| 5 | Arcing, shorted electrical equipment | 84 | 5.1% |
For the 57 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 19460 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Outside area, other | 52 | 16.3% | |
| 2 | Cooking area, kitchen | 38 | 11.9% | |
| 3 | Undetermined | 33 | 10.3% | |
| 4 | Other | 25 | 7.8% | |
| 5 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 25 | 7.8% | |
| 6 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 17 | 5.3% | |
| 7 | Vehicle area, other | 16 | 5.0% | |
| 8 | Laundry area, wash house (laundry) | 9 | 2.8% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 104 | 32.6% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 106 | 33.2% | |
| 2 | Hot ember or ash | 31 | 9.7% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 29 | 9.1% | |
| 4 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 28 | 8.8% | |
| 5 | Arcing | 27 | 8.5% | |
| 6 | Heat source: other | 18 | 5.6% | |
| 7 | Cigarette | 16 | 5.0% | |
| 8 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 13 | 4.1% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 51 | 16.0% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 19460 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 216% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $800,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 2 | $650,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 3 | $600,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 4 | $300,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Major |
| 5 | $250,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 6 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 7 | $196,131 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 8 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 19460.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Phoenixville | 801 | |
| 2 | Upper Providence | 14 |
Some ZIPs span multiple counties. The primary above is the largest by population weight; secondary counties are below.
| County | State | Weight | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Montgomery County | PA | 1.00 | FIPS 42091 |
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 — 1,632 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.