ZIP 19730 recorded 12 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 64 across 2021–2025. Primary county: New Castle County, DE. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as High.
64 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 19 | |
| 2022 | 14 | |
| 2023 | 12 | |
| 2024 | 7 | |
| 2025 | 12 |
May peaks. Jan dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 19730 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 32 | 50.0% | |
| 2 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 12 | 18.8% | |
| 3 | Passenger vehicle fire | 3 | 4.7% | |
| 4 | Fires in structures other than in a building | 2 | 3.1% | |
| 5 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 2 | 3.1% |
For the 5 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 19730 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Laundry area, wash house (laundry) | 2 | 15.4% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 2 | 15.4% | |
| 3 | Other | 1 | 7.7% | |
| 4 | Cooking area, kitchen | 1 | 7.7% | |
| 5 | Storage area, other | 1 | 7.7% | |
| 6 | Ceiling & floor assembly, crawl space b/t stories | 1 | 7.7% | |
| 7 | Wall surface: exterior | 1 | 7.7% | |
| 8 | Roof surface: exterior | 1 | 7.7% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 3 | 23.1% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 8 | 61.5% | |
| 2 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 2 | 15.4% | |
| 3 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 1 | 7.7% | |
| 4 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 1 | 7.7% | |
| 5 | Match | 1 | 7.7% |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 19730.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Townsend | 4 | |
| 2 | Middletown | 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 — 64 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.