ZIP 19606 recorded 202 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,947 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Berks County, PA.
1,947 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 458 | |
| 2022 | 498 | |
| 2023 | 424 | |
| 2024 | 365 | |
| 2025 | 202 |
Nov peaks. May dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 19606 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 362 | 18.6% | |
| 2 | Power line down | 233 | 12.0% | |
| 3 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 134 | 6.9% | |
| 4 | Cooking fire, confined to container | 114 | 5.9% | |
| 5 | Carbon monoxide incident | 112 | 5.8% |
For the 14 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 19606 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Outside area, other | 58 | 17.2% | |
| 2 | Cooking area, kitchen | 48 | 14.2% | |
| 3 | Undetermined | 27 | 8.0% | |
| 4 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 24 | 7.1% | |
| 5 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 23 | 6.8% | |
| 6 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 16 | 4.7% | |
| 7 | Wildland, woods | 14 | 4.1% | |
| 8 | Heating room or area, water heater area | 12 | 3.6% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 116 | 34.3% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 141 | 41.7% | |
| 2 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 35 | 10.4% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 28 | 8.3% | |
| 4 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 21 | 6.2% | |
| 5 | Arcing | 19 | 5.6% | |
| 6 | Hot ember or ash | 17 | 5.0% | |
| 7 | Heat source: other | 13 | 3.8% | |
| 8 | Cigarette lighter | 13 | 3.8% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 51 | 15.1% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 19606 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 6276% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $272,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 2 | $171,991 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 3 | $160,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 4 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 5 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 6 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 7 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 8 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 19606.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Reading | 616 | |
| 2 | Mount Penn | 219 | |
| 3 | Exeter | 25 | |
| 4 | Sinking Spring | 2 | |
| 5 | Alsace | 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 — 1,947 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.