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Philadelphia: Fire Incidents, Pennsylvania (PA)

2010 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents

Based on the data from the years 2010 - 2018 the average number of fires per year is 5,840. The highest number of fires - 7,882 took place in 2010, and the least - 0 in 2016. The data has a dropping trend.


The average number of yearly fire incidents per 10k residents in Philadelphia, PA compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for the last 3 years, including only cities with population 5,000 and above)

Philadelphia:	42.7
Wyndmoor:	41.2
Yeadon:	98.3
Glenside:	70.8
Lansdowne:	63.3
Ardmore:	11.8
Darby:	116.6
Oreland:	24.7
Drexel Hill:	16.8

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 4 minutes. This is lower than the state median value.


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

Philadelphia:	4 minutes
Camden:	4 minutes
Pennsauken:	5 minutes
Palmyra:	4 minutes
Collingswood:	4 minutes
Yeadon:	5 minutes
Gloucester City:	4 minutes
Darby:	5 minutes
Audubon:	5 minutes

Based on the reports from the years 2010 - 2018 the average number of fire-related fatalities per year is 16. The highest number of reported deaths - 33 took place in 2010, and the lowest - 0 in 2016. The data has a decreasing trend. The average number of fatalities per 1,000 fire incidents is 2. This indicator was the highest - 5 in 2014, and the lowest 0 in 2016. The trend for fatalities per 1,000 fires is decreasing. Compared to the state value the number of fatalities per 1,000 fire incidents is higher.


Deaths per 1,000 incidents in Philadelphia, PA compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for all years, including only cities with at least 2,500 fire incidents)

Philadelphia:	2.7
Camden:	2.1

Based on the reports from the years 2010 - 2018 the average number of fire-related casualties per year is 102. The highest number of injuries - 191 took place in 2010, and the lowest - 0 in 2016. The data has a dropping trend. The average number of injuries per 1,000 fires is 16. This indicator was the highest - 28 in 2014, and the lowest 0 in 2016. The trend for injuries per 1,000 incidents is decreasing. Compared to the Pennsylvania value the number of injuries per 1,000 fires is much higher.



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

Philadelphia:	17.4
Camden:	17.0
Pennsauken:	9.0
Palmyra:	1.7
Collingswood:	13.0
Yeadon:	1.2
Gloucester City:	7.4
Darby:	0.0
Audubon:	6.2

34.7% incidents where reported in the morning and 65.3% in the evening. The most fires (15.7%) took place on Sunday, and the least (13.6%) on Tuesday.
Based on the 52,667 reports from years 2010 - 2018 most fires (9.7%) took place during April, and the least (7.4%) in February.
Out of all 604,942 cases reported during the years 2010 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (60.3%), False Alarm (10.7%), and Good Intent Call (10.0%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Philadelphia, PA
• 364,90560.3%Rescue & EMS
• 64,79110.7%False Alarm
• 60,53210.0%Good Intent Call
• 52,6678.7%Fire
• 45,0437.4%Hazardous Condition
• 15,9802.6%Service Call
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Structure Fires (45.5%), and Outside Fires (35.2%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Philadelphia, PA
• 23,95945.5%Structure Fires
• 18,53235.2%Outside Fires
• 9,31917.7%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 8571.6%Other