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Elmsford: 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 fire incidents per year is 65. The highest number of reported fire incidents - 107 took place in 2003, and the least - 7 in 2002. The data has an increasing trend.

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 Elmsford, NY compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for all years, including only cities with at least 500 fire incidents)

Elmsford:	5 minutes
Greenburgh:	6 minutes
Hartsdale:	4 minutes
White Plains:	4 minutes
Dobbs Ferry:	3 minutes
Scarsdale:	4 minutes
Eastchester:	5 minutes
Orangeburg:	3 minutes
Chappaqua:	5 minutes

35.6% incidents where reported in the morning and 64.4% in the evening. The most fires (16.0%) took place on Friday, and the least (11.6%) on Sunday.
According to the 1,102 fire incidents from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (10.4%) took place during June, and the least (5.4%) in February.
Out of all 4,601 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: False Alarm (27.5%), Fire (24.0%), and Hazardous Condition (20.6%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Elmsford, NY
• 1,26427.5%False Alarm
• 1,10224.0%Fire
• 94620.6%Hazardous Condition
• 84318.3%Rescue & EMS
• 2525.5%Good Intent Call
• 1162.5%Service Call
• 731.6%Overpressure Rupture
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Structure Fires (64.5%), and Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires (18.2%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Elmsford, NY
• 71164.5%Structure Fires
• 20118.2%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 11910.8%Outside Fires
• 716.4%Other