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Corning: Fire Incidents, New York (NY)

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 46. The highest number of fire incidents - 80 took place in 2007, and the least - 3 in 2002. The data has an increasing trend.


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

Corning:	44.3
Erwin:	1.9
Big Flats:	15.2
Horseheads:	92.3
Elmira:	50.2
Southport:	2.3
Bath:	100.8
Newfield:	10.3
Barton:	7.5

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


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

Corning:	5 minutes
Horseheads:	5 minutes
Elmira:	3 minutes
Bath:	5 minutes

Based on the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly casualties is 1. The highest number of reported casualties - 8 took place in 2011, and the lowest - 0 in 2002. The data has an increasing trend. The average number of casualties per 1,000 fires is 17. This indicator was the highest - 157 in 2011, and the lowest 0 in 2002. The trend for injuries per 1,000 fires is growing. Compared to the state value the number of injuries per 1,000 fires is much higher.



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

Corning:	20.6
Horseheads:	12.9
Elmira:	15.4
Bath:	17.5

32.7% incidents where reported in the morning and 67.3% in the evening. The most fires (16.2%) took place on Monday, and the least (12.5%) on Wednesday.
According to the 777 fire incidents from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (13.6%) took place during April, and the least (4.8%) in September.
Out of all 11,113 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (36.9%), Hazardous Condition (22.8%), and Service Call (18.3%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Corning, NY
• 4,09736.9%Rescue & EMS
• 2,53722.8%Hazardous Condition
• 2,03618.3%Service Call
• 1,0559.5%False Alarm
• 7777.0%Fire
• 5114.6%Good Intent Call
• 490.4%Special Incident
• 300.3%Severe Weather
• 210.2%Overpressure Rupture
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Structure Fires (51.6%), and Outside Fires (29.3%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Corning, NY
• 40151.6%Structure Fires
• 22829.3%Outside Fires
• 12115.6%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 273.5%Other