ZIP 19962 recorded 60 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 373 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Kent County, DE. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as High.
373 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 85 | |
| 2022 | 78 | |
| 2023 | 72 | |
| 2024 | 78 | |
| 2025 | 60 |
Jan peaks. Sep dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 19962 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 68 | 18.2% | |
| 2 | Building fires | 65 | 17.4% | |
| 3 | Cooking fire, confined to container | 37 | 9.9% | |
| 4 | Electrical wiring/equipment problem, other | 29 | 7.8% | |
| 5 | Passenger vehicle fire | 22 | 5.9% |
For the 13 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 19962 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 54 | 41.9% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 12 | 9.3% | |
| 3 | Cooking area, kitchen | 11 | 8.5% | |
| 4 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 9 | 7.0% | |
| 5 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 9 | 7.0% | |
| 6 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 5 | 3.9% | |
| 7 | Vehicle area, other | 5 | 3.9% | |
| 8 | Exterior, exposed surface | 4 | 3.1% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 20 | 15.5% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 98 | 76.0% | |
| 2 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 7 | 5.4% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 4 | 3.1% | |
| 4 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 3 | 2.3% | |
| 5 | Arcing | 3 | 2.3% | |
| 6 | Hot ember or ash | 2 | 1.6% | |
| 7 | Cigarette | 2 | 1.6% | |
| 8 | Heat spread from another fire, other | 2 | 1.6% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 8 | 6.2% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 19962 across 2021–2025. These 6 fires alone account for 519% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $250,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 2 | $75,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 3 | $60,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2022 | Significant |
| 4 | $5,000 | Forest, woods or wildland fire | 2024 | Significant |
| 5 | $200 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 2025 | Significant |
| 6 | $100 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
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 — 373 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.