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Pittsfield: Fire Incidents, New Hampshire (NH)

2002 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents

Based on the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fires per year is 32. The highest number of reported fires - 72 took place in 2010, and the least - 8 in 2003. The data has an increasing trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 10 minutes. This is higher than the state median value.


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

Pittsfield:	10 minutes
Epsom:	10 minutes
Loudon:	8 minutes
Concord:	5 minutes
Alton:	14 minutes
Belmont:	9 minutes
Farmington:	7 minutes
Northfield:	8 minutes
Bow:	8 minutes

Based on the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related casualties per year is 1. The highest number of casualties - 3 took place in 2010, and the lowest - 0 in 2002. The data has a constant trend. The average number of casualties per 1,000 fire incidents is 19. This indicator was the highest - 80 in 2016, and the lowest 0 in 2002. The trend for casualties per 1,000 fires is decreasing. Compared to the New Hampshire value the number of casualties per 1,000 fires is much higher.



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

Pittsfield:	22.3
Epsom:	2.0
Loudon:	3.0
Concord:	16.6
Alton:	1.5
Belmont:	39.7
Farmington:	1.2
Northfield:	20.7
Bow:	5.4

39.9% incidents where reported in the morning and 60.1% in the evening. The most fires (24.2%) took place on Thursday, and the least (10.1%) on Sunday.
Based on the 537 fires from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (14.2%) took place during March, and the least (4.1%) in August.
Out of all 3,872 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (52.2%), Fire (13.9%), and Hazardous Condition (11.5%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Pittsfield, NH
• 2,02252.2%Rescue & EMS
• 53713.9%Fire
• 44711.5%Hazardous Condition
• 3368.7%Service Call
• 3148.1%Good Intent Call
• 2055.3%False Alarm
• 70.2%Severe Weather
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Structure Fires (74.3%), and Outside Fires (14.9%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Pittsfield, NH
• 39974.3%Structure Fires
• 8014.9%Outside Fires
• 336.1%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 254.7%Other