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Delta: 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 fire incidents per year is 35. The highest number of fire incidents - 83 took place in 2005, and the least - 3 in 2014. The data has a decreasing trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 10 minutes. This is higher than the state median value.


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

Delta:	10 minutes
Darlington:	10 minutes
Jarrettsville:	9 minutes
Bel Air:	7 minutes
Rising Sun:	9 minutes
Stewartstown:	9 minutes
Port Deposit:	11 minutes
Quarryville:	9 minutes
Fallston:	8 minutes

33.1% incidents where reported in the morning and 66.9% in the evening. The most fires (18.1%) took place on Sunday, and the least (12.5%) on Friday.
According to the 598 fire incident reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (14.4%) took place during April, and the least (4.2%) in June.
Out of all 1,355 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Fire (44.1%), Rescue & EMS (27.2%), and Hazardous Condition (13.9%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Delta, PA
• 59844.1%Fire
• 36827.2%Rescue & EMS
• 18913.9%Hazardous Condition
• 1249.2%Good Intent Call
• 372.7%Service Call
• 181.3%False Alarm
• 151.1%Special Incident
• 30.2%Overpressure Rupture
• 30.2%Severe Weather
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Structure Fires (56.5%), and Outside Fires (32.6%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Delta, PA
• 33856.5%Structure Fires
• 19532.6%Outside Fires
• 335.5%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 325.4%Other