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Syracuse: Fire Incidents, New York (NY)

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 805. The highest number of fires - 1,271 took place in 2016, and the least - 41 in 2005. The data has an increasing trend.


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

Syracuse:	77.4
De Witt:	14.3
Mattydale:	63.1
Solvay:	38.7
Fairmount:	1.0
Onondaga:	3.9
North Syracuse:	96.9
Clay:	6.6
Cicero:	24.4

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 3 minutes. This is lower compared to the state median value.


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

Syracuse:	3 minutes
Mattydale:	5 minutes
East Syracuse:	5 minutes
Liverpool:	7 minutes
North Syracuse:	7 minutes
Fayetteville:	5 minutes
Clay:	8 minutes
Camillus:	7 minutes
Manlius:	6 minutes

Based on the data from the years 2003 - 2018 the average number of fire-related fatalities per year is 1. The highest number of reported deaths - 8 took place in 2013, and the lowest - 0 in 2003. The data has a rising trend. The average number of fatalities per 1,000 fires is 1. This indicator was the highest - 7 in 2013, and the lowest 0 in 2003. The trend for fatalities per 1,000 fire incidents is rising. Compared to the state value the number of fatalities per 1,000 fires is higher.


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

Syracuse:

1.6

According to the data from the years 2003 - 2018 the average number of fire-related casualties per year is 8. The highest number of casualties - 29 took place in 2013, and the lowest - 0 in 2003. The data has an increasing trend. The average number of casualties per 1,000 fires is 8. This indicator was the highest - 27 in 2013, and the lowest 0 in 2003. The trend for casualties per 1,000 incidents is rising. Compared to the state value the number of casualties per 1,000 fire incidents is about the same.



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

Syracuse:	9.5
Mattydale:	13.0
East Syracuse:	0.0
Liverpool:	13.0
North Syracuse:	11.5
Fayetteville:	5.9
Clay:	17.2
Camillus:	1.4
Manlius:	1.0

30.2% incidents where reported in the morning and 69.8% in the evening. The most fires (15.2%) took place on Sunday, and the least (13.5%) on Thursday.
Based on the 12,904 incident reports from years 2003 - 2018 most fires (10.5%) took place during July, and the least (5.9%) in February.
Out of all 106,356 cases reported during the years 2003 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (41.9%), False Alarm (15.3%), and Fire (12.1%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Syracuse, NY
• 44,59141.9%Rescue & EMS
• 16,28515.3%False Alarm
• 12,90412.1%Fire
• 12,39611.7%Hazardous Condition
• 11,22510.6%Good Intent Call
• 8,6388.1%Service Call
• 1460.1%Overpressure Rupture
• 1310.1%Special Incident
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Structure Fires (61.7%), and Outside Fires (27.2%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Syracuse, NY
• 7,96561.7%Structure Fires
• 3,51427.2%Outside Fires
• 1,1318.8%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 2942.3%Other