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Griffin: Fire Incidents, Georgia (GA)

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 247. The highest number of reported fires - 445 took place in 2016, and the least - 1 in 2005. The data has a declining trend.


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

Griffin:	128.7
Hampton:	159.3
Locust Grove:	116.9
Barnesville:	151.9
McDonough:	109.3
Fayetteville:	114.4
Stockbridge:	65.5
Peachtree City:	15.6
Morrow:	142.3

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 5 minutes. This is lower than the state median value.


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

Griffin:	5 minutes
Hampton:	8 minutes
Locust Grove:	8 minutes
Barnesville:	6 minutes
McDonough:	7 minutes
Senoia:	7 minutes
Fayetteville:	6 minutes
Jackson:	6 minutes
Jonesboro:	6 minutes

According to the reports from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly deaths is 1. The highest number of reported deaths - 4 took place in 2016, and the lowest - 0 in 2002. The data has a constant trend. The average number of fatalities per 1,000 fire incidents is 1. This indicator was the highest - 9 in 2016, and the lowest 0 in 2002. The trend for deaths per 1,000 fire incidents is constant. Compared to the Georgia value the number of fatalities per 1,000 fire incidents is about the same.


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

Griffin:	2.1
McDonough:	0.7
Fayetteville:	1.7
Jackson:	0.8
Jonesboro:	1.1
Stockbridge:	2.3
Riverdale:	1.0
College Park:	1.9
Newnan:	0.5

Based on the reports from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related casualties per year is 3. The highest number of casualties - 13 took place in 2017, and the lowest - 0 in 2004. The data has a declining trend. The average number of casualties per 1,000 fires is 8. This indicator was the highest - 37 in 2017, and the lowest 0 in 2004. The trend for casualties per 1,000 fires is decreasing. Compared to the Georgia value the number of injuries per 1,000 fires is about the same.



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

Griffin:	10.2
Hampton:	6.7
Locust Grove:	6.1
Barnesville:	0.0
McDonough:	5.9
Senoia:	0.0
Fayetteville:	12.2
Jackson:	2.0
Jonesboro:	11.6

26.2% incidents where reported in the morning and 73.8% in the evening. The most fires (15.5%) took place on Saturday, and the least (12.7%) on Friday.
According to the 4,197 incident reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (12.2%) took place during March, and the least (6.6%) in August.
Out of all 26,842 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (36.3%), Hazardous Condition (17.6%), and Fire (15.6%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Griffin, GA
• 9,74836.3%Rescue & EMS
• 4,71317.6%Hazardous Condition
• 4,19715.6%Fire
• 3,57913.3%Service Call
• 2,87310.7%Good Intent Call
• 1,5535.8%False Alarm
• 740.3%Overpressure Rupture
• 560.2%Severe Weather
• 490.2%Special Incident
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Structure Fires (39.4%), and Outside Fires (38.6%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Griffin, GA
• 1,65539.4%Structure Fires
• 1,62038.6%Outside Fires
• 86920.7%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 531.3%Other