ZIP 19565 recorded 71 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 538 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Berks County, PA.
538 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 86 | |
| 2022 | 99 | |
| 2023 | 161 | |
| 2024 | 121 | |
| 2025 | 71 |
Aug peaks. Jan dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 19565 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 142 | 26.4% | |
| 2 | Power line down | 77 | 14.3% | |
| 3 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 53 | 9.9% | |
| 4 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 33 | 6.1% | |
| 5 | Carbon monoxide incident | 33 | 6.1% |
For the 6 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 19565 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Outside area, other | 12 | 19.0% | |
| 2 | Cooking area, kitchen | 11 | 17.5% | |
| 3 | Undetermined | 7 | 11.1% | |
| 4 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 4 | 6.3% | |
| 5 | Other | 3 | 4.8% | |
| 6 | Equipment or service area, other | 3 | 4.8% | |
| 7 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 3 | 4.8% | |
| 8 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 3 | 4.8% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 17 | 27.0% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 30 | 47.6% | |
| 2 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 8 | 12.7% | |
| 3 | Hot ember or ash | 5 | 7.9% | |
| 4 | Arcing | 4 | 6.3% | |
| 5 | Heat from direct flame, convection currents | 3 | 4.8% | |
| 6 | Heat source: other | 2 | 3.2% | |
| 7 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 2 | 3.2% | |
| 8 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 2 | 3.2% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 7 | 11.1% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 19565 across 2021–2025. These 3 fires alone account for 4449% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $192,435 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 2 | $25,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 3 | $5,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 19565.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wernersville | 380 | |
| 2 | South Heidelberg | 6 | |
| 3 | Bernville | 1 | |
| 4 | Elverson | 1 | |
| 5 | Lower Heidelberg | 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 — 538 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.