ZIP 19966 recorded 179 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,015 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Sussex County, DE. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Very High.
1,015 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 162 | |
| 2022 | 211 | |
| 2023 | 207 | |
| 2024 | 256 | |
| 2025 | 179 |
Mar peaks. Sep dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 19966 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 151 | 14.9% | |
| 2 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 115 | 11.3% | |
| 3 | Fire, other | 108 | 10.6% | |
| 4 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 72 | 7.1% | |
| 5 | Power line down | 58 | 5.7% |
For the 27 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 19966 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 185 | 71.7% | |
| 2 | Other | 13 | 5.0% | |
| 3 | Outside area, other | 13 | 5.0% | |
| 4 | Cooking area, kitchen | 10 | 3.9% | |
| 5 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 6 | 2.3% | |
| 6 | Chute/container - trash, rubbish, waste | 3 | 1.2% | |
| 7 | Wildland, woods | 3 | 1.2% | |
| 8 | Laundry area, wash house (laundry) | 2 | 0.8% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 23 | 8.9% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 221 | 85.7% | |
| 2 | Heat source: other | 15 | 5.8% | |
| 3 | Hot ember or ash | 7 | 2.7% | |
| 4 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 2 | 0.8% | |
| 5 | Flying brand, ember, spark | 2 | 0.8% | |
| 6 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 1 | 0.4% | |
| 7 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 1 | 0.4% | |
| 8 | Arcing | 1 | 0.4% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 8 | 3.1% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 19966 across 2021–2025. These 4 fires alone account for 950110% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $65,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 2 | $30,000 | Fire in mobile home used as fixed residence | 2022 | Significant |
| 3 | $10 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 4 | $1 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 19966.
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 — 1,015 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.