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Boyertown: 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 67. The highest number of reported fire incidents - 165 took place in 2008, and the least - 9 in 2014. The data has a decreasing trend.

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


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

Boyertown:	7 minutes
Pottstown:	6 minutes
Douglassville:	8 minutes
Birdsboro:	9 minutes
Spring City:	6 minutes
Fleetwood:	8 minutes
Kutztown:	10 minutes
Phoenixville:	6 minutes
Reading:	3 minutes

Based on the reports from the years 2003 - 2018 the average number of fire-related casualties per year is 1. The highest number of casualties - 7 took place in 2006, and the lowest - 0 in 2003. The data has a constant trend. The average number of casualties per 1,000 fire incidents is 6. This indicator was the highest - 58 in 2006, and the lowest 0 in 2003. The trend for casualties per 1,000 incidents is declining. Compared to the state value the number of injuries per 1,000 fire incidents is higher.



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

Boyertown:	9.4
Pottstown:	10.6
Douglassville:	0.0
Birdsboro:	0.0
Spring City:	1.6
Fleetwood:	1.0
Kutztown:	12.7
Phoenixville:	14.0
Reading:	13.6

27.2% incidents where reported in the morning and 72.8% in the evening. The most fires (18.1%) took place on Sunday, and the least (12.0%) on Friday.
Based on the 1,068 incident reports from years 2003 - 2018 most fires (15.2%) took place during April, and the least (5.1%) in September.
Out of all 2,515 cases reported during the years 2003 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Fire (42.5%), Rescue & EMS (34.5%), and Overpressure Rupture (6.8%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Boyertown, PA
• 1,06842.5%Fire
• 86834.5%Hazardous Condition
• 1726.8%Rescue & EMS
• 1696.7%Service Call
• 903.6%False Alarm
• 823.3%Good Intent Call
• 572.3%Severe Weather
• 90.4%Special Incident
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Structure Fires (56.4%), and Outside Fires (31.8%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Boyertown, PA
• 60256.4%Structure Fires
• 34031.8%Outside Fires
• 726.7%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 545.1%Other