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Elma: 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 fire incidents per year is 23. The highest number of fires - 48 took place in 2005, and the least - 2 in 2010. The data has a growing trend.

The average number of yearly fire incidents per 10k residents in Elma, NY compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for the last 3 years, including only cities with population 5,000 and above)
Elma:	14.1
East Aurora:	27.7
Marilla:	10.6
Lancaster:	35.0
West Seneca:	37.2
Depew:	28.7
Cheektowaga:	32.4
Lackawanna:	37.7
Williamsville:	100.3

25.7% incidents where reported in the morning and 74.3% in the evening. The most fires (16.0%) took place on Wednesday, and the least (11.5%) on Friday.
According to the 393 fire incident reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (13.5%) took place during November, and the least (4.6%) in February.
Out of all 4,947 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (59.1%), Hazardous Condition (12.6%), and Fire (7.9%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Elma, NY
• 2,92459.1%Rescue & EMS
• 62112.6%Hazardous Condition
• 3937.9%Fire
• 3627.3%False Alarm
• 3166.4%Good Intent Call
• 2394.8%Service Call
• 721.5%Severe Weather
• 160.3%Special Incident
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Structure Fires (39.2%), and Outside Fires (27.7%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Elma, NY
• 15439.2%Structure Fires
• 10927.7%Outside Fires
• 7619.3%Other
• 5413.7%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires