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Christiana: Fire Incidents, Pennsylvania (PA)

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

According to the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fires per year is 35. The highest number of reported fire incidents - 73 took place in 2008, and the least - 10 in 2002. The data has a growing trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 8 minutes. This is higher than the state median value.


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

Christiana:	8 minutes
Gap:	8 minutes
Parkesburg:	9 minutes
Paradise:	7 minutes
Coatesville:	5 minutes
Quarryville:	9 minutes
Strasburg:	9 minutes
Honey Brook:	8 minutes
New Holland:	7 minutes

31.4% incidents where reported in the morning and 68.6% in the evening. The most fires (17.1%) took place on Friday, and the least (12.2%) on Thursday.
According to the 592 reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (13.9%) took place during April, and the least (5.1%) in May.
Out of all 1,248 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Fire (47.4%), Rescue & EMS (20.1%), and Hazardous Condition (14.0%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Christiana, PA
• 59247.4%Fire
• 25120.1%Hazardous Condition
• 17514.0%Service Call
• 15312.3%Rescue & EMS
• 433.4%False Alarm
• 282.2%Good Intent Call
• 30.2%Severe Weather
• 30.2%Special Incident
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Structure Fires (51.9%), and Outside Fires (23.3%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Christiana, PA
• 30751.9%Structure Fires
• 13823.3%Outside Fires
• 11218.9%Other
• 355.9%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires