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Shrewsbury: Fire Incidents, Pennsylvania (PA)

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

Based on the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire incidents per year is 30. The highest number of reported fires - 100 took place in 2005, and the least - 1 in 2014. The data has a dropping trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 6 minutes. This is about the same as the state median value.


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

Shrewsbury:	6 minutes
Glen Rock:	9 minutes
Stewartstown:	9 minutes
Red Lion:	8 minutes
Spring Grove:	10 minutes
Manchester:	10 minutes
York:	4 minutes
Hampstead:	10 minutes
Jarrettsville:	9 minutes

33.5% incidents where reported in the morning and 66.5% in the evening. The most fires (17.7%) took place on Wednesday, and the least (12.2%) on Thursday.
Based on the 508 fire incidents from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (13.2%) took place during March, and the least (3.7%) in September.
Out of all 1,631 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Overpressure Rupture (35.3%), Fire (31.1%), and Rescue & EMS (21.5%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Shrewsbury, PA
• 57535.3%Rescue & EMS
• 50831.1%Fire
• 35121.5%Hazardous Condition
• 1026.3%Good Intent Call
• 553.4%Service Call
• 241.5%False Alarm
• 140.9%Severe Weather
• 20.1%Special Incident
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Structure Fires (38.4%), and Other (29.5%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Shrewsbury, PA
• 19538.4%Structure Fires
• 15029.5%Other
• 8817.3%Outside Fires
• 7514.8%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires