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Acworth: 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 fires per year is 173. The highest number of reported fire incidents - 270 took place in 2011, and the least - 3 in 2004. The data has a growing trend.


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

Acworth:	85.7
Kennesaw:	49.7
Woodstock:	75.2
Marietta:	90.3
Cartersville:	188.9
Holly Springs:	34.8
Powder Springs:	65.1
Dallas:	203.0
Canton:	94.2

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 7 minutes. This is close to the Georgia median value.


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

Acworth:	7 minutes
Kennesaw:	6 minutes
Woodstock:	7 minutes
Marietta:	6 minutes
Cartersville:	6 minutes
Powder Springs:	6 minutes
Dallas:	7 minutes
Hiram:	7 minutes
Canton:	8 minutes

According to the reports from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly casualties is 2. The highest number of casualties - 11 took place in 2009, and the lowest - 0 in 2002. The data has a growing trend. The average number of casualties per 1,000 fires is 12. This indicator was the highest - 68 in 2009, and the lowest 0 in 2002. The trend for casualties per 1,000 incidents is rising. Compared to the state value the number of casualties per 1,000 fires is higher.



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

Acworth:	13.6
Kennesaw:	11.0
Woodstock:	3.1
Marietta:	24.8
Cartersville:	14.7
Powder Springs:	14.3
Dallas:	9.8
Hiram:	4.2
Canton:	1.1

28.2% incidents where reported in the morning and 71.8% in the evening. The most fires (16.1%) took place on Sunday, and the least (12.6%) on Wednesday.
According to the 2,944 fires from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (11.3%) took place during March, and the least (5.6%) in September.
Out of all 38,169 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (52.6%), Good Intent Call (14.3%), and Service Call (11.6%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Acworth, GA
• 20,06952.6%Rescue & EMS
• 5,46714.3%Good Intent Call
• 4,43511.6%Service Call
• 3,2948.6%Hazardous Condition
• 2,9447.7%Fire
• 1,7314.5%False Alarm
• 1640.4%Special Incident
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Outside Fires (47.0%), and Structure Fires (34.0%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Acworth, GA
• 1,38447.0%Outside Fires
• 1,00234.0%Structure Fires
• 48516.5%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 732.5%Other