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Derry: Fire Incidents, Pennsylvania (PA)

2004 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents

According to the data from the years 2004 - 2018 the average number of fire incidents per year is 37. The highest number of fire incidents - 80 took place in 2014, and the least - 1 in 2013. The data has an increasing 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 Derry, PA compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for all years, including only cities with at least 500 fire incidents)

Derry:	8 minutes
Latrobe:	4 minutes
Ligonier:	4 minutes
New Alexandria:	2 minutes
Greensburg:	4 minutes
Jeannette:	4 minutes
Export:	2 minutes
Johnstown:	6 minutes
Irwin:	5 minutes

32.9% incidents where reported in the morning and 67.1% in the evening. The most fires (21.0%) took place on Saturday, and the least (10.8%) on Friday.
According to the 553 fire incident reports from years 2004 - 2018 most fires (14.5%) took place during March, and the least (4.0%) in October.
Out of all 1,243 cases reported during the years 2004 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Fire (44.5%), Rescue & EMS (20.3%), and Hazardous Condition (14.7%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Derry, PA
• 55344.5%Fire
• 25220.3%Rescue & EMS
• 18314.7%Hazardous Condition
• 977.8%Service Call
• 866.9%False Alarm
• 433.5%Good Intent Call
• 161.3%Severe Weather
• 121.0%Special Incident
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Structure Fires (48.6%), and Outside Fires (24.8%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Derry, PA
• 26948.6%Structure Fires
• 13724.8%Outside Fires
• 11520.8%Other
• 325.8%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires