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Malvern: Fire Incidents, Pennsylvania (PA)

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

According to the data from the years 2003 - 2018 the average number of fire incidents per year is 81. The highest number of reported fire incidents - 172 took place in 2008, and the least - 22 in 2016. The data has a decreasing trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 9 minutes. This is higher than the Pennsylvania median value.


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

Malvern:	9 minutes
Berwyn:	8 minutes
Exton:	6 minutes
Phoenixville:	6 minutes
West Chester:	8 minutes
King of Prussia:	8 minutes
Broomall:	6 minutes
Spring City:	6 minutes
Downingtown:	8 minutes

According to the data from the years 2003 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly casualties is 1. The highest number of reported casualties - 2 took place in 2008, and the lowest - 0 in 2005. The data has a declining trend. The average number of injuries per 1,000 fires is 6. This indicator was the highest - 26 in 2014, and the lowest 0 in 2005. The trend for casualties per 1,000 incidents is declining. Compared to the state value the number of casualties per 1,000 fire incidents is higher.



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

Malvern:	7.7
Berwyn:	1.7
Exton:	7.9
Phoenixville:	14.0
West Chester:	13.5
King of Prussia:	2.0
Broomall:	5.7
Spring City:	1.6
Downingtown:	3.5

29.0% incidents where reported in the morning and 71.0% in the evening. The most fires (17.3%) took place on Tuesday, and the least (11.7%) on Sunday.
According to the 1,291 incident reports from years 2003 - 2018 most fires (10.8%) took place during April, and the least (5.3%) in October.
Out of all 5,084 cases reported during the years 2003 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Fire (25.4%), Hazardous Condition (25.3%), and Rescue & EMS (22.0%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Malvern, PA
• 1,29125.4%Fire
• 1,28425.3%Hazardous Condition
• 1,12122.0%Rescue & EMS
• 84016.5%False Alarm
• 3506.9%Good Intent Call
• 1853.6%Service Call
• 70.1%Special Incident
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Structure Fires (54.9%), and Outside Fires (26.6%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Malvern, PA
• 70954.9%Structure Fires
• 34426.6%Outside Fires
• 14311.1%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 957.4%Other