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Exton: Fire Incidents, Pennsylvania (PA)

2003 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents

Based on the data from the years 2003 - 2018 the average number of fire incidents per year is 47. The highest number of fire incidents - 93 took place in 2007, and the least - 3 in 2015. The data has a dropping trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 6 minutes. This is close to the Pennsylvania median value.


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

Exton:	6 minutes
Downingtown:	8 minutes
West Chester:	8 minutes
Malvern:	9 minutes
Phoenixville:	6 minutes
Berwyn:	8 minutes
Coatesville:	5 minutes
Spring City:	6 minutes
Kennett Square:	8 minutes

According to the reports from the years 2003 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly casualties is 0. The highest number of reported injuries - 3 took place in 2003, and the lowest - 0 in 2005. The data has a decreasing trend. The average number of casualties per 1,000 fires is 5. This indicator was the highest - 43 in 2003, and the lowest 0 in 2005. The trend for casualties per 1,000 fire incidents is dropping. Compared to the state value the number of casualties per 1,000 incidents is higher.



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

Exton:	7.9
Downingtown:	3.5
West Chester:	13.5
Malvern:	7.7
Phoenixville:	14.0
Berwyn:	1.7
Coatesville:	7.0
Spring City:	1.6
Kennett Square:	3.4

28.3% incidents where reported in the morning and 71.7% in the evening. The most fires (16.4%) took place on Monday, and the least (12.6%) on Thursday.
Based on the 756 fire incident reports from years 2003 - 2018 most fires (15.1%) took place during April, and the least (4.6%) in October.
Out of all 3,058 cases reported during the years 2003 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Hazardous Condition (26.6%), Fire (24.7%), and False Alarm (24.0%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Exton, PA
• 81426.6%Hazardous Condition
• 75624.7%Fire
• 73324.0%False Alarm
• 38312.5%Rescue & EMS
• 2648.6%Good Intent Call
• 983.2%Service Call
• 40.1%Overpressure Rupture
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Structure Fires (41.3%), and Outside Fires (40.6%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Exton, PA
• 31241.3%Structure Fires
• 30740.6%Outside Fires
• 13017.2%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 70.9%Other