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Oil City: Fire Incidents, Pennsylvania (PA)

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 44. The highest number of fire incidents - 95 took place in 2015, and the least - 10 in 2018. The data has a dropping trend.


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

Oil City:	35.2
Sugarcreek:	7.1
Franklin:	36.2
Titusville:	66.4
Grove City:	32.1
Meadville:	117.1

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 4 minutes. This is lower than the state median value.


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

Oil City:	4 minutes
Franklin:	5 minutes
Grove City:	10 minutes
Meadville:	6 minutes

According to the data from the years 2003 - 2018 the average number of fire-related fatalities per year is 0. The highest number of reported deaths - 1 took place in 2006, and the lowest - 0 in 2003. The data has a constant trend.

Based on the reports from the years 2003 - 2018 the average number of fire-related casualties per year is 1. The highest number of reported casualties - 3 took place in 2012, and the lowest - 0 in 2003. The data has a constant trend. The average number of casualties per 1,000 fire incidents is 12. This indicator was the highest - 83 in 2010, and the lowest 0 in 2003. The trend for casualties per 1,000 incidents is constant. Compared to the Pennsylvania value the number of casualties per 1,000 incidents is much higher.



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

Oil City:	12.8
Franklin:	7.5
Grove City:	2.0
Meadville:	4.4

32.3% incidents where reported in the morning and 67.7% in the evening. The most fires (15.7%) took place on Sunday, and the least (12.8%) on Saturday.
Based on the 705 fire incident reports from years 2003 - 2018 most fires (13.0%) took place during April, and the least (6.5%) in November.
Out of all 9,132 cases reported during the years 2003 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (56.5%), Service Call (26.5%), and Fire (7.7%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Oil City, PA
• 5,15756.5%Rescue & EMS
• 2,41626.5%Service Call
• 7057.7%Fire
• 3113.4%Hazardous Condition
• 2572.8%False Alarm
• 1361.5%Good Intent Call
• 1291.4%Special Incident
• 180.2%Severe Weather
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Other (40.3%), and Structure Fires (32.5%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Oil City, PA
• 28440.3%Other
• 22932.5%Structure Fires
• 16223.0%Outside Fires
• 304.3%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires