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Augusta: Fire Incidents, Georgia (GA)

2002 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents

According to the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fires per year is 878. The highest number of fire incidents - 2,152 took place in 2010, and the least - 0 in 2006. The data has a decreasing trend.


The average number of yearly fire incidents per 10k residents in Augusta, GA compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for the last 3 years, including only cities with population 5,000 and above)

Augusta:	58.5
Martinez:	32.6
Evans:	11.3
Fort Gordon:	1.3
Grovetown:	63.3
Appling:	36.4
Waynesboro:	184.2
Thomson:	221.6

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 5 minutes. This is lower than the state median value.


The median response time in Augusta, GA compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for all years, including only cities with at least 500 fire incidents)

Augusta:	5 minutes
Martinez:	5 minutes
Evans:	5 minutes
Grovetown:	5 minutes
Hephzibah:	6 minutes
Appling:	6 minutes
Waynesboro:	4 minutes
Wrens:	5 minutes
Thomson:	6 minutes

Based on the reports from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related fatalities per year is 2. The highest number of reported deaths - 11 took place in 2004, and the lowest - 0 in 2005. The data has a constant trend. The average number of fatalities per 1,000 fire incidents is 2. This indicator was the highest - 10 in 2004, and the lowest 0 in 2005. The trend for fatalities per 1,000 fires is increasing. Compared to the Georgia value the number of fatalities per 1,000 fires is about the same.


Deaths per 1,000 incidents in Augusta, GA compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for all years, including only cities with at least 2,500 fire incidents)

Augusta:

2.3

Based on the reports from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related casualties per year is 16. The highest number of reported casualties - 52 took place in 2010, and the lowest - 0 in 2005. The data has a declining trend. The average number of injuries per 1,000 fires is 14. This indicator was the highest - 38 in 2004, and the lowest 0 in 2005. The trend for injuries per 1,000 incidents is declining. Compared to the state value the number of casualties per 1,000 fires is much higher.



Casualties per 1,000 incidents in Augusta, GA compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for all years, including only cities with at least 500 fire incidents)

Augusta:	18.7
Martinez:	1.3
Evans:	8.0
Grovetown:	9.5
Hephzibah:	11.3
Appling:	0.0
Waynesboro:	15.0
Wrens:	1.3
Thomson:	2.9

30.4% incidents where reported in the morning and 69.6% in the evening. The most fires (16.2%) took place on Saturday, and the least (13.4%) on Monday.
According to the 14,929 fire incident reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (12.2%) took place during January, and the least (6.5%) in September.
Out of all 69,259 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (36.2%), Fire (21.6%), and Good Intent Call (15.8%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Augusta, GA
• 25,09036.2%Rescue & EMS
• 14,92921.6%Fire
• 10,92415.8%Good Intent Call
• 7,30310.5%False Alarm
• 6,4539.3%Hazardous Condition
• 3,4535.0%Service Call
• 9271.3%Special Incident
• 1150.2%Overpressure Rupture
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Structure Fires (41.7%), and Outside Fires (40.4%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Augusta, GA
• 6,22241.7%Structure Fires
• 6,02640.4%Outside Fires
• 2,56417.2%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 1170.8%Other