ZIP 19951 recorded 18 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 88 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Sussex County, DE. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Very High.
88 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 3 | |
| 2022 | 21 | |
| 2023 | 13 | |
| 2024 | 33 | |
| 2025 | 18 |
Aug peaks. Apr dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 19951 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 13 | 14.8% | |
| 2 | Cooking fire, confined to container | 10 | 11.4% | |
| 3 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 10 | 11.4% | |
| 4 | Vehicle accident, general cleanup | 7 | 8.0% | |
| 5 | Fire, other | 6 | 6.8% |
For the 1 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 19951 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 13 | 59.1% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 3 | 13.6% | |
| 3 | Outside area, other | 3 | 13.6% | |
| 4 | Other | 1 | 4.5% | |
| 5 | Laundry area, wash house (laundry) | 1 | 4.5% | |
| 6 | Wall surface: exterior | 1 | 4.5% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 15 | 68.2% | |
| 2 | Heat source: other | 2 | 9.1% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 1 | 4.5% | |
| 4 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 1 | 4.5% | |
| 5 | Hot ember or ash | 1 | 4.5% | |
| 6 | Backfire from internal combustion engine | 1 | 4.5% | |
| 7 | Heat spread from another fire, other | 1 | 4.5% |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 19951.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lewes | 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 — 88 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.