ZIP 19608 recorded 218 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,393 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Berks County, PA.
1,393 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 256 | |
| 2022 | 305 | |
| 2023 | 322 | |
| 2024 | 292 | |
| 2025 | 218 |
Nov peaks. Jan dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 19608 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 367 | 26.3% | |
| 2 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 173 | 12.4% | |
| 3 | Cooking fire, confined to container | 104 | 7.5% | |
| 4 | Power line down | 92 | 6.6% | |
| 5 | Carbon monoxide incident | 69 | 5.0% |
For the 39 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 19608 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cooking area, kitchen | 35 | 17.8% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 32 | 16.2% | |
| 3 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 24 | 12.2% | |
| 4 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 14 | 7.1% | |
| 5 | Undetermined | 7 | 3.6% | |
| 6 | Chute/container - trash, rubbish, waste | 6 | 3.0% | |
| 7 | Other | 5 | 2.5% | |
| 8 | Function area, other | 5 | 2.5% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 69 | 35.0% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 88 | 44.7% | |
| 2 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 25 | 12.7% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 15 | 7.6% | |
| 4 | Arcing | 14 | 7.1% | |
| 5 | Hot ember or ash | 10 | 5.1% | |
| 6 | Heat source: other | 6 | 3.0% | |
| 7 | Cigarette | 5 | 2.5% | |
| 8 | Heat from direct flame, convection currents | 5 | 2.5% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 29 | 14.7% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 19608 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 940% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $632,500 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 2 | $241,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 3 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 4 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 5 | $125,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 6 | $125,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 7 | $120,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 8 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 19608.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sinking Spring | 574 | |
| 2 | Reading | 77 | |
| 3 | Spring | 26 | |
| 4 | Lower Heidelberg | 12 | |
| 5 | South Heidelberg | 5 |
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 — 1,393 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.