ZIP 19702 recorded 673 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 2,919 across 2021–2025. Primary county: New Castle County, DE. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as High.
2,919 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 438 | |
| 2022 | 493 | |
| 2023 | 599 | |
| 2024 | 716 | |
| 2025 | 673 |
Nov peaks. Feb dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 19702 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 904 | 31.0% | |
| 2 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 384 | 13.2% | |
| 3 | Cooking fire, confined to container | 257 | 8.8% | |
| 4 | Arcing, shorted electrical equipment | 190 | 6.5% | |
| 5 | Passenger vehicle fire | 174 | 6.0% |
For the 211 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 19702 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cooking area, kitchen | 188 | 26.1% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 146 | 20.3% | |
| 3 | Outside area, other | 76 | 10.6% | |
| 4 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 75 | 10.4% | |
| 5 | Vehicle area, other | 25 | 3.5% | |
| 6 | Other | 20 | 2.8% | |
| 7 | Wildland, woods | 19 | 2.6% | |
| 8 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 15 | 2.1% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 156 | 21.7% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 396 | 55.0% | |
| 2 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 175 | 24.3% | |
| 3 | Arcing | 27 | 3.8% | |
| 4 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 26 | 3.6% | |
| 5 | Heat source: other | 17 | 2.4% | |
| 6 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 15 | 2.1% | |
| 7 | Hot ember or ash | 12 | 1.7% | |
| 8 | Cigarette lighter | 8 | 1.1% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 44 | 6.1% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 19702 across 2021–2025. These 7 fires alone account for 120% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $40,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 2 | $25,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 3 | $10,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 4 | $10,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 5 | $5,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2023 | Significant |
| 6 | $4,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 7 | $500 | Fires in structures other than in a building | 2021 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 19702.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Newark | 2,756 | |
| 2 | Bear | 54 | |
| 3 | New Castle | 34 | |
| 4 | Glasgow | 8 | |
| 5 | Wilmington | 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 — 2,919 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.