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Birmingham: Fire Incidents, Alabama (AL)

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 1,721. The highest number of fire incidents - 2,660 took place in 2005, and the least - 396 in 2012. The data has a declining trend.


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

Birmingham:	87.0
Homewood:	35.3
Mountain Brook:	11.4
Tarrant:	58.6
Fultondale:	48.3
Vestavia Hills:	20.2
Fairfield:	8.2
Irondale:	55.7
Midfield:	63.3

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 6 minutes. This is close to the Alabama median value.


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

Birmingham:	6 minutes
Homewood:	6 minutes
Tarrant:	3 minutes
Vestavia Hills:	4 minutes
Irondale:	5 minutes
Midfield:	5 minutes
Adamsville:	5 minutes
Pleasant Grove:	4 minutes
Hoover:	5 minutes

Based on the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related fatalities per year is 4. The highest number of reported deaths - 15 took place in 2016, and the lowest - 0 in 2002. The data has a growing trend. The average number of fatalities per 1,000 fire incidents is 3. This indicator was the highest - 9 in 2013, and the lowest 0 in 2002. The trend for deaths per 1,000 incidents is growing. Compared to the state value the number of fatalities per 1,000 fire incidents is about the same.


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

Birmingham:	2.5
Bessemer:	2.0

Based on the reports from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly casualties is 9. The highest number of injuries - 16 took place in 2015, and the lowest - 1 in 2005. The data has an increasing trend. The average number of casualties per 1,000 fires is 7. This indicator was the highest - 19 in 2009, and the lowest 0 in 2005. The trend for injuries 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 Birmingham, AL compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for all years, including only cities with at least 500 fire incidents)

Birmingham:	5.1
Homewood:	3.9
Tarrant:	3.9
Vestavia Hills:	19.5
Irondale:	13.6
Midfield:	0.0
Adamsville:	15.6
Pleasant Grove:	5.3
Hoover:	9.0

35.9% incidents where reported in the morning and 64.1% in the evening. The most fires (15.3%) took place on Sunday, and the least (13.4%) on Wednesday.
Based on the 29,260 reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (9.3%) took place during July, and the least (6.5%) in February.
Out of all 333,556 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (60.6%), Good Intent Call (13.1%), and Fire (8.8%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Birmingham, AL
• 202,13560.6%Rescue & EMS
• 43,84513.1%Good Intent Call
• 29,2608.8%Fire
• 27,2668.2%Service Call
• 19,6415.9%False Alarm
• 10,1403.0%Hazardous Condition
• 8710.3%Special Incident
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Structure Fires (42.3%), and Outside Fires (31.6%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Birmingham, AL
• 12,38142.3%Structure Fires
• 9,24431.6%Outside Fires
• 6,43822.0%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 1,1974.1%Other