ZIP 19808 recorded 465 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 2,586 across 2021–2025. Primary county: New Castle County, DE. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as High.
2,586 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 519 | |
| 2022 | 505 | |
| 2023 | 571 | |
| 2024 | 526 | |
| 2025 | 465 |
Jan peaks. Dec dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 19808 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 897 | 34.7% | |
| 2 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 376 | 14.5% | |
| 3 | Cooking fire, confined to container | 204 | 7.9% | |
| 4 | Power line down | 200 | 7.7% | |
| 5 | Arcing, shorted electrical equipment | 108 | 4.2% |
For the 143 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 19808 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cooking area, kitchen | 95 | 20.0% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 79 | 16.7% | |
| 3 | Undetermined | 51 | 10.8% | |
| 4 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 28 | 5.9% | |
| 5 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 22 | 4.6% | |
| 6 | Wildland, woods | 22 | 4.6% | |
| 7 | Other | 18 | 3.8% | |
| 8 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 15 | 3.2% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 144 | 30.4% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 269 | 56.8% | |
| 2 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 45 | 9.5% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 39 | 8.2% | |
| 4 | Arcing | 30 | 6.3% | |
| 5 | Heat source: other | 17 | 3.6% | |
| 6 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 14 | 3.0% | |
| 7 | Hot ember or ash | 11 | 2.3% | |
| 8 | Cigarette lighter | 9 | 1.9% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 40 | 8.4% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 19808 across 2021–2025. These 1 fires alone account for 0% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $1 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 19808.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wilmington | 2,370 | |
| 2 | Pike Creek | 10 | |
| 3 | Elsmere | 2 | |
| 4 | New Castle | 2 | |
| 5 | Elkton | 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 — 2,586 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.