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Lewistown: Fire Incidents, Pennsylvania (PA)

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

According to the data from the years 2004 - 2018 the average number of fire incidents per year is 82. The highest number of reported fire incidents - 333 took place in 2011, and the least - 0 in 2009. The data has a rising trend.


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

Lewistown:	139.0
State College:	23.9
Huntingdon:	28.9
Bellefonte:	29.4

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 8 minutes. This is higher compared to the state median value.


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

Lewistown:	8 minutes
State College:	8 minutes
Huntingdon:	9 minutes
Bellefonte:	10 minutes

38.6% incidents where reported in the morning and 61.4% in the evening. The most fires (17.9%) took place on Thursday, and the least (11.7%) on Sunday.
Based on the 1,229 fires from years 2004 - 2018 most fires (14.4%) took place during April, and the least (5.4%) in May.
Out of all 4,812 cases reported during the years 2004 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (34.3%), Fire (25.5%), and Hazardous Condition (20.9%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Lewistown, PA
• 1,65034.3%Rescue & EMS
• 1,22925.5%Fire
• 1,00420.9%Hazardous Condition
• 4329.0%Good Intent Call
• 2685.6%False Alarm
• 1843.8%Service Call
• 330.7%Special Incident
• 110.2%Severe Weather
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Structure Fires (72.0%), and Outside Fires (14.0%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Lewistown, PA
• 88572.0%Structure Fires
• 17214.0%Outside Fires
• 917.4%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 816.6%Other