ZIP 19703 recorded 251 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,584 across 2021–2025. Primary county: New Castle County, DE. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as High.
1,584 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 351 | |
| 2022 | 250 | |
| 2023 | 343 | |
| 2024 | 389 | |
| 2025 | 251 |
Nov peaks. Apr dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 19703 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 565 | 35.7% | |
| 2 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 335 | 21.1% | |
| 3 | Cooking fire, confined to container | 152 | 9.6% | |
| 4 | Electrical wiring/equipment problem, other | 132 | 8.3% | |
| 5 | Outside rubbish fire, other | 64 | 4.0% |
For the 90 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 19703 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 16 | 27.1% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 13 | 22.0% | |
| 3 | Cooking area, kitchen | 5 | 8.5% | |
| 4 | Outside area, other | 5 | 8.5% | |
| 5 | Other | 3 | 5.1% | |
| 6 | Vehicle area, other | 3 | 5.1% | |
| 7 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 2 | 3.4% | |
| 8 | Egress/exit, other | 1 | 1.7% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 11 | 18.6% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 34 | 57.6% | |
| 2 | Heat source: other | 7 | 11.9% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 6 | 10.2% | |
| 4 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 4 | 6.8% | |
| 5 | Arcing | 3 | 5.1% | |
| 6 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 1 | 1.7% | |
| 7 | Hot ember or ash | 1 | 1.7% | |
| 8 | Candle | 1 | 1.7% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 2 | 3.4% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 19703 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 3879% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $100,000 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | 2023 | Significant |
| 2 | $14,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2024 | Significant |
| 3 | $10,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2023 | Significant |
| 4 | $8,000 | Mobile property (vehicle) fire, other | 2024 | Significant |
| 5 | $2,000 | Mobile property (vehicle) fire, other | 2025 | Significant |
| 6 | $1,500 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2025 | Significant |
| 7 | $300 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2024 | Significant |
| 8 | $1 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 19703.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Claymont | 1,360 | |
| 2 | Wilmington | 114 | |
| 3 | Newark | 24 | |
| 4 | New Castle | 10 | |
| 5 | Bellefonte | 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 — 1,584 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.