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Avondale: Fire Incidents, Pennsylvania (PA)

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

Based on the data from the years 2003 - 2018 the average number of fire incidents per year is 44. The highest number of fires - 75 took place in 2011, and the least - 8 in 2006. The data has a dropping trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 9 minutes. This is higher than the state median value.


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

Avondale:	9 minutes
Kennett Square:	8 minutes
Hockessin:	8 minutes
Newark:	8 minutes
Oxford:	10 minutes
Coatesville:	5 minutes
Parkesburg:	9 minutes
Downingtown:	8 minutes
West Chester:	8 minutes

33.5% incidents where reported in the morning and 66.5% in the evening. The most fires (16.3%) took place on Tuesday, and the least (11.4%) on Wednesday.
According to the 699 incident reports from years 2003 - 2018 most fires (11.6%) took place during June, and the least (4.4%) in December.
Out of all 2,409 cases reported during the years 2003 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Fire (29.0%), Overpressure Rupture (21.5%), and Rescue & EMS (15.2%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Avondale, PA
• 69929.0%Fire
• 51921.5%Rescue & EMS
• 36515.2%Hazardous Condition
• 28812.0%False Alarm
• 27511.4%Service Call
• 26010.8%Good Intent Call
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Structure Fires (44.1%), and Outside Fires (31.8%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Avondale, PA
• 30844.1%Structure Fires
• 22231.8%Outside Fires
• 9814.0%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 7110.2%Other