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Pomeroy: Fire Incidents, Ohio (OH)

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 44. The highest number of fire incidents - 67 took place in 2009, and the least - 22 in 2006. The data has a growing trend.

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


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

Pomeroy:	8 minutes
Gallipolis:	9 minutes
Athens:	5 minutes
Wellston:	7 minutes
McArthur:	11 minutes
Belpre:	7 minutes
Oak Hill:	11 minutes
Nelsonville:	7 minutes
Jackson:	10 minutes

33.7% incidents where reported in the morning and 66.3% in the evening. The most fires (17.7%) took place on Wednesday, and the least (11.0%) on Friday.
Based on the 745 reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (11.9%) took place during March, and the least (5.2%) in July.
Out of all 1,722 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Fire (43.3%), Hazardous Condition (22.4%), and Rescue & EMS (21.4%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Pomeroy, OH
• 74543.3%Fire
• 38622.4%Hazardous Condition
• 36921.4%Rescue & EMS
• 885.1%Good Intent Call
• 754.4%Service Call
• 523.0%False Alarm
• 40.2%Special Incident
• 20.1%Severe Weather
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Structure Fires (59.5%), and Outside Fires (25.2%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Pomeroy, OH
• 44359.5%Structure Fires
• 18825.2%Outside Fires
• 9813.2%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 162.1%Other