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Buffalo: Fire Incidents, New York (NY)

2002 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents

Based on the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fires per year is 838. The highest number of reported fires - 1,889 took place in 2003, and the least - 2 in 2010. The data has a growing trend.


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

Buffalo:	16.1
Kenmore:	21.9
Cheektowaga:	32.4
Eggertsville:	1.0
Lackawanna:	37.7
West Seneca:	37.2
Williamsville:	100.3
Tonawanda:	81.5
Depew:	28.7

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 3 minutes. This is lower than the state median value.


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

Buffalo:	3 minutes
Kenmore:	2 minutes
Cheektowaga:	4 minutes
Lackawanna:	3 minutes
West Seneca:	5 minutes
Williamsville:	4 minutes
Tonawanda:	2 minutes
Depew:	3 minutes
Amherst:	4 minutes

According to the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly deaths is 1. The highest number of deaths - 4 took place in 2005, and the lowest - 0 in 2007. The data has a decreasing trend. The average number of deaths per 1,000 fires is 1. This indicator was the highest - 4 in 2002, and the lowest 0 in 2007. The trend for fatalities per 1,000 incidents is decreasing. Compared to the New York value the number of deaths per 1,000 fire incidents is similar.


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

Buffalo:	1.0
Cheektowaga:	1.2
West Seneca:	0.8
Niagara Falls:	2.2

Based on the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly casualties is 5. The highest number of reported injuries - 21 took place in 2005, and the lowest - 0 in 2007. The data has a dropping trend. The average number of casualties per 1,000 fire incidents is 4. This indicator was the highest - 18 in 2002, and the lowest 0 in 2007. The trend for casualties per 1,000 incidents is declining. Compared to the New York value the number of casualties per 1,000 incidents is lower.



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

Buffalo:	5.5
Kenmore:	35.6
Cheektowaga:	9.8
Lackawanna:	18.9
West Seneca:	3.5
Williamsville:	3.3
Tonawanda:	20.9
Depew:	8.9
Amherst:	6.6

36.9% incidents where reported in the morning and 63.1% in the evening. The most fires (15.8%) took place on Saturday, and the least (13.5%) on Wednesday.
According to the 14,249 incident reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (11.5%) took place during June, and the least (5.5%) in February.
Out of all 138,721 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (59.6%), Hazardous Condition (12.0%), and Fire (10.3%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Buffalo, NY
• 82,64859.6%Rescue & EMS
• 16,67412.0%Hazardous Condition
• 14,24910.3%Fire
• 12,3818.9%False Alarm
• 8,4826.1%Good Intent Call
• 3,4052.5%Service Call
• 7150.5%Special Incident
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Structure Fires (64.9%), and Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires (15.6%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Buffalo, NY
• 9,24664.9%Structure Fires
• 2,22615.6%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 1,68111.8%Outside Fires
• 1,0967.7%Other