ZIP 19607 recorded 208 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,852 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Berks County, PA.
1,852 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 377 | |
| 2022 | 518 | |
| 2023 | 429 | |
| 2024 | 320 | |
| 2025 | 208 |
Mar peaks. Nov dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 19607 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 388 | 21.0% | |
| 2 | Cooking fire, confined to container | 388 | 21.0% | |
| 3 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 275 | 14.8% | |
| 4 | Power line down | 89 | 4.8% | |
| 5 | Electrical wiring/equipment problem, other | 83 | 4.5% |
For the 24 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 19607 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cooking area, kitchen | 86 | 33.3% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 42 | 16.3% | |
| 3 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 19 | 7.4% | |
| 4 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 10 | 3.9% | |
| 5 | Heating room or area, water heater area | 8 | 3.1% | |
| 6 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 8 | 3.1% | |
| 7 | Wildland, woods | 8 | 3.1% | |
| 8 | Courtyard, patio, porch, terrace | 7 | 2.7% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 70 | 27.1% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 73 | 28.3% | |
| 2 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 39 | 15.1% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 30 | 11.6% | |
| 4 | Arcing | 19 | 7.4% | |
| 5 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 14 | 5.4% | |
| 6 | Heat source: other | 13 | 5.0% | |
| 7 | Hot ember or ash | 12 | 4.7% | |
| 8 | Heat from direct flame, convection currents | 12 | 4.7% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 46 | 17.8% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 19607 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 777% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $510,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 2 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 3 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 4 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 5 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 6 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 7 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 8 | $80,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 19607.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Reading | 531 | |
| 2 | Shillington | 398 | |
| 3 | Cumru | 214 | |
| 4 | Kenhorst | 168 | |
| 5 | Mohnton | 2 |
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 — 1,852 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.