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Norcross: 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 214. The highest number of reported fires - 332 took place in 2011, and the least - 11 in 2006. The data has a growing trend.


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

Norcross:	137.6
Doraville:	21.8
Lilburn:	85.8
Duluth:	65.1
Tucker:	29.4
Dunwoody:	5.3
Johns Creek:	8.3
Chamblee:	34.8
Clarkston:	56.1

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


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

Norcross:	7 minutes
Lilburn:	7 minutes
Duluth:	7 minutes
Tucker:	6 minutes
Johns Creek:	6 minutes
Chamblee:	7 minutes
Clarkston:	6 minutes
Sandy Springs:	6 minutes
Stone Mountain:	6 minutes

According to the reports from the years 2003 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly deaths is 1. The highest number of reported deaths - 2 took place in 2009, and the lowest - 0 in 2003. The data has an increasing trend. The average number of deaths per 1,000 fires is 8. This indicator was the highest - 91 in 2006, and the lowest 0 in 2003. The trend for deaths per 1,000 incidents is growing. Compared to the state value the number of deaths per 1,000 fire incidents is higher.


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

Norcross:	2.6
Stone Mountain:	2.3
Roswell:	1.2
Alpharetta:	0.7
Lawrenceville:	2.5
Decatur:	2.1
Atlanta:	3.1
Lithonia:	1.6
Buford:	2.2

According to the reports from the years 2003 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly casualties is 4. The highest number of reported casualties - 12 took place in 2017, and the lowest - 0 in 2003. The data has a growing trend. The average number of injuries per 1,000 fire incidents is 17. This indicator was the highest - 69 in 2018, and the lowest 0 in 2003. The trend for casualties per 1,000 incidents is growing. Compared to the state value the number of casualties per 1,000 fires is much higher.



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

Norcross:	19.0
Lilburn:	30.1
Duluth:	15.3
Tucker:	7.3
Johns Creek:	16.1
Chamblee:	3.5
Clarkston:	4.1
Sandy Springs:	7.1
Stone Mountain:	6.5

30.6% incidents where reported in the morning and 69.4% in the evening. The most fires (15.8%) took place on Saturday, and the least (13.1%) on Wednesday.
Based on the 3,418 fire incident reports from years 2003 - 2018 most fires (10.7%) took place during January, and the least (6.3%) in December.
Out of all 45,101 cases reported during the years 2003 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (61.2%), Good Intent Call (11.2%), and Service Call (9.7%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Norcross, GA
• 27,62361.2%Rescue & EMS
• 5,05811.2%Good Intent Call
• 4,3619.7%Service Call
• 3,4187.6%Fire
• 2,3615.2%Hazardous Condition
• 2,1694.8%False Alarm
• 600.1%Overpressure Rupture
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Structure Fires (41.9%), and Outside Fires (30.1%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Norcross, GA
• 1,43341.9%Structure Fires
• 1,02930.1%Outside Fires
• 92727.1%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 290.8%Other