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College Park: Fire Incidents, Georgia (GA)

2004 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents

According to the data from the years 2004 - 2018 the average number of fires per year is 247. The highest number of reported fire incidents - 431 took place in 2010, and the least - 62 in 2005. The data has a decreasing trend.


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

College Park:	167.6
East Point:	37.5
Hapeville:	43.0
Forest Park:	76.9
Riverdale:	147.4
Conley:	53.0
Union City:	69.7
Morrow:	142.3
Atlanta:	36.1

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


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

College Park:	6 minutes
East Point:	6 minutes
Hapeville:	3 minutes
Forest Park:	6 minutes
Riverdale:	5 minutes
Union City:	5 minutes
Morrow:	5 minutes
Atlanta:	5 minutes
Fairburn:	6 minutes

According to the data from the years 2004 - 2018 the average number of fire-related fatalities per year is 0. The highest number of deaths - 3 took place in 2011, and the lowest - 0 in 2004. The data has a constant trend. The average number of deaths per 1,000 fires is 2. This indicator was the highest - 8 in 2011, and the lowest 0 in 2004. The trend for deaths per 1,000 fire incidents is constant. Compared to the Georgia value the number of deaths per 1,000 fires is about the same.


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

College Park:	1.9
Riverdale:	1.0
Atlanta:	3.1
Jonesboro:	1.1
Decatur:	2.1
Fayetteville:	1.7
Stockbridge:	2.3
Austell:	1.1
Smyrna:	4.7

According to the data from the years 2004 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly casualties is 1. The highest number of reported casualties - 5 took place in 2004, and the lowest - 0 in 2006. The data has a decreasing trend. The average number of injuries per 1,000 fire incidents is 6. This indicator was the highest - 32 in 2004, and the lowest 0 in 2006. The trend for injuries per 1,000 incidents is decreasing. Compared to the state value the number of casualties per 1,000 fire incidents is lower.



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

College Park:	4.6
East Point:	9.2
Hapeville:	0.0
Forest Park:	36.9
Riverdale:	10.6
Union City:	4.5
Morrow:	13.0
Atlanta:	6.7
Fairburn:	7.5

29.2% incidents where reported in the morning and 70.8% in the evening. The most fires (16.4%) took place on Sunday, and the least (13.3%) on Thursday.
According to the 3,698 fires from years 2004 - 2018 most fires (12.1%) took place during March, and the least (6.4%) in September.
Out of all 42,304 cases reported during the years 2004 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (65.2%), Fire (8.7%), and Service Call (7.7%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in College Park, GA
• 27,58765.2%Rescue & EMS
• 3,6988.7%Fire
• 3,2487.7%Service Call
• 2,8586.8%Good Intent Call
• 2,5686.1%Hazardous Condition
• 2,2165.2%False Alarm
• 560.1%Severe Weather
• 450.1%Special Incident
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Outside Fires (40.7%), and Structure Fires (33.2%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in College Park, GA
• 1,50540.7%Outside Fires
• 1,22833.2%Structure Fires
• 83822.7%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 1273.4%Other