ZIP 19473 recorded 43 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 601 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Montgomery County, PA.
601 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 108 | |
| 2022 | 165 | |
| 2023 | 167 | |
| 2024 | 118 | |
| 2025 | 43 |
Dec peaks. Jan dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 19473 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 202 | 33.6% | |
| 2 | Power line down | 77 | 12.8% | |
| 3 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 52 | 8.7% | |
| 4 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 33 | 5.5% | |
| 5 | Arcing, shorted electrical equipment | 33 | 5.5% |
For the 1 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 19473 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Outside area, other | 29 | 25.4% | |
| 2 | Cooking area, kitchen | 18 | 15.8% | |
| 3 | Undetermined | 8 | 7.0% | |
| 4 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 7 | 6.1% | |
| 5 | Other | 6 | 5.3% | |
| 6 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 5 | 4.4% | |
| 7 | Wildland, woods | 5 | 4.4% | |
| 8 | Bathroom, checkroom, lavatory, locker room | 3 | 2.6% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 33 | 28.9% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 60 | 52.6% | |
| 2 | Arcing | 16 | 14.0% | |
| 3 | Heat source: other | 7 | 6.1% | |
| 4 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 7 | 6.1% | |
| 5 | Hot ember or ash | 7 | 6.1% | |
| 6 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 5 | 4.4% | |
| 7 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 2 | 1.8% | |
| 8 | Chemical reaction | 2 | 1.8% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 8 | 7.0% |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 19473.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Schwenksville | 227 | |
| 2 | Lower Frederick | 9 | |
| 3 | Collegeville | 7 | |
| 4 | Perkiomen | 4 | |
| 5 | Limerick | 3 |
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 — 601 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.