ZIP 19711 recorded 510 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 2,433 across 2021–2025. Primary county: New Castle County, DE. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as High.
2,433 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 394 | |
| 2022 | 486 | |
| 2023 | 520 | |
| 2024 | 523 | |
| 2025 | 510 |
Aug peaks. Feb dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 19711 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 641 | 26.3% | |
| 2 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 494 | 20.3% | |
| 3 | Cooking fire, confined to container | 222 | 9.1% | |
| 4 | Power line down | 169 | 6.9% | |
| 5 | Arcing, shorted electrical equipment | 97 | 4.0% |
For the 161 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 19711 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cooking area, kitchen | 143 | 27.3% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 78 | 14.9% | |
| 3 | Undetermined | 57 | 10.9% | |
| 4 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 31 | 5.9% | |
| 5 | Other | 22 | 4.2% | |
| 6 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 19 | 3.6% | |
| 7 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 16 | 3.1% | |
| 8 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 16 | 3.1% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 142 | 27.1% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 297 | 56.7% | |
| 2 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 60 | 11.5% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 38 | 7.3% | |
| 4 | Heat source: other | 27 | 5.2% | |
| 5 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 19 | 3.6% | |
| 6 | Arcing | 19 | 3.6% | |
| 7 | Hot ember or ash | 11 | 2.1% | |
| 8 | Cigarette | 11 | 2.1% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 42 | 8.0% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 19711 across 2021–2025. These 3 fires alone account for 0% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $8,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 2 | $1,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 3 | $1 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 19711.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Newark | 2,369 | |
| 2 | Wilmington | 7 | |
| 3 | Bear | 5 | |
| 4 | Hockessin | 4 | |
| 5 | New Castle | 3 |
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 — 2,433 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.