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Duluth: Fire Incidents, Georgia (GA)

2003 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents

According to the data from the years 2003 - 2018 the average number of fires per year is 151. The highest number of fires - 216 took place in 2016, and the least - 6 in 2006. The data has an increasing trend.


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

Duluth:	65.1
Johns Creek:	8.3
Suwanee:	63.1
Norcross:	137.6
Lilburn:	85.8
Sugar Hill:	0.5
Alpharetta:	29.3
Lawrenceville:	146.9
Doraville:	21.8

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 7 minutes. This is comparable to the Georgia median value.


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

Duluth:	7 minutes
Johns Creek:	6 minutes
Suwanee:	8 minutes
Norcross:	7 minutes
Lilburn:	7 minutes
Alpharetta:	5 minutes
Lawrenceville:	7 minutes
Tucker:	6 minutes
Buford:	8 minutes

Based on the data from the years 2003 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly deaths is 1. The highest number of reported deaths - 6 took place in 2016, and the lowest - 0 in 2003. The data has a constant trend.

Based on the reports from the years 2003 - 2018 the average number of fire-related casualties per year is 2. The highest number of casualties - 7 took place in 2010, and the lowest - 0 in 2004. The data has a growing trend. The average number of casualties per 1,000 fire incidents is 12. This indicator was the highest - 33 in 2010, and the lowest 0 in 2004. The trend for casualties per 1,000 fires is growing. Compared to the Georgia value the number of injuries per 1,000 fires is higher.



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

Duluth:	15.3
Johns Creek:	16.1
Suwanee:	10.3
Norcross:	19.0
Lilburn:	30.1
Alpharetta:	10.5
Lawrenceville:	24.4
Tucker:	7.3
Buford:	19.9

27.6% incidents where reported in the morning and 72.4% in the evening. The most fires (16.3%) took place on Sunday, and the least (13.0%) on Wednesday.
According to the 2,411 fires from years 2003 - 2018 most fires (10.6%) took place during March, and the least (6.8%) in August.
Out of all 39,693 cases reported during the years 2003 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (60.9%), Good Intent Call (12.1%), and Service Call (9.8%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Duluth, GA
• 24,16160.9%Rescue & EMS
• 4,79212.1%Good Intent Call
• 3,9039.8%Service Call
• 2,4956.3%False Alarm
• 2,4116.1%Fire
• 1,8194.6%Hazardous Condition
• 700.2%Overpressure Rupture
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Structure Fires (42.7%), and Outside Fires (34.5%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Duluth, GA
• 1,02942.7%Structure Fires
• 83234.5%Outside Fires
• 52121.6%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 291.2%Other