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Richfield: Fire Incidents, Ohio (OH)

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

According to the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire incidents per year is 42. The highest number of reported fires - 70 took place in 2015, and the least - 21 in 2006. The data has a decreasing trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 7 minutes. This is close to the Ohio median value.


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

Richfield:	7 minutes
Brecksville:	6 minutes
Fairlawn:	4 minutes
North Royalton:	5 minutes
Macedonia:	5 minutes
Cuyahoga Falls:	4 minutes
Hudson:	6 minutes
Brunswick:	6 minutes
Independence:	6 minutes

34.8% incidents where reported in the morning and 65.2% in the evening. The most fires (17.0%) took place on Tuesday, and the least (12.5%) on Monday.
Based on the 710 fire incidents from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (12.7%) took place during April, and the least (6.2%) in February.
Out of all 7,484 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (52.1%), Hazardous Condition (13.5%), and False Alarm (9.8%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Richfield, OH
• 3,89752.1%Rescue & EMS
• 1,00813.5%Hazardous Condition
• 7319.8%False Alarm
• 7109.5%Fire
• 6749.0%Service Call
• 3845.1%Good Intent Call
• 340.5%Special Incident
• 260.3%Severe Weather
• 200.3%Overpressure Rupture
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Structure Fires (46.2%), and Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires (29.0%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Richfield, OH
• 32846.2%Structure Fires
• 20629.0%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 17124.1%Outside Fires
• 50.7%Other