Northampton: Fire Incidents, Pennsylvania (PA)
Where are fire incidents reported in Northampton, PA
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2003 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents
- Incident types reported to NFIRS in Northampton, PA
- 61335.0%Fire
- 40223.0%Rescue & EMS
- 32118.3%Hazardous Condition
- 1709.7%Good Intent Call
- 1327.5%False Alarm
- 784.5%Service Call
- 231.3%Special Incident
- 110.6%Severe Weather
- Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Northampton, PA
- 46575.9%Structure Fires
- 9014.7%Outside Fires
- 396.4%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
- 193.1%Other
According to the data from the years 2003 - 2018 the average number of fires per year is 38. The highest number of reported fire incidents - 87 took place in 2014, and the least - 0 in 2008. The data has an increasing trend.The average number of yearly fire incidents per 10k residents in Northampton, PA compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for the last 3 years, including only cities with population 5,000 and above)
| Northampton: | 71.3 |
| Catasauqua: | 59.4 |
| Allentown: | 11.6 |
| Bethlehem: | 29.6 |
| Wescosville: | 18.2 |
| Emmaus: | 31.8 |
| Nazareth: | 52.5 |
| Palmerton: | 61.7 |
| Hellertown: | 22.2 |
The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 11 minutes. This is higher than the Pennsylvania median value.The median response time in Northampton, PA compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for all years, including only cities with at least 500 fire incidents)
| Northampton: | 11 minutes |
| Allentown: | 6 minutes |
| Bethlehem: | 5 minutes |
| Easton: | 4 minutes |
| Phillipsburg: | 5 minutes |
| Quakertown: | 7 minutes |
| Kutztown: | 10 minutes |
34.1% incidents where reported in the morning and 65.9% in the evening. The most fires (17.5%) took place on Friday, and the least (11.7%) on Sunday.
Based on the 613 fires from years 2003 - 2018 most fires (12.2%) took place during February, and the least (5.1%) in November.
Out of all 1,751 cases reported during the years 2003 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Fire (35.0%), Rescue & EMS (23.0%), and Hazardous Condition (18.3%).
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Structure Fires (75.9%), and Outside Fires (14.7%).