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Amherst: Fire Incidents, New York (NY)

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 125. The highest number of reported fires - 231 took place in 2018, and the least - 38 in 2002. The data has an increasing trend.


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

Amherst:	14.9
Williamsville:	100.3
Eggertsville:	1.0
Cheektowaga:	32.4
Kenmore:	21.9
Tonawanda:	81.5
Clarence:	7.6
North Tonawanda:	27.1
Depew:	28.7

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 4 minutes. This is close to the New York median value.


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

Amherst:	4 minutes
Williamsville:	4 minutes
Cheektowaga:	4 minutes
Kenmore:	2 minutes
Tonawanda:	2 minutes
North Tonawanda:	3 minutes
Depew:	3 minutes
Buffalo:	3 minutes
Lancaster:	0 minutes

According to the reports from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly deaths is 0. The highest number of deaths - 2 took place in 2005, and the lowest - 0 in 2002. The data has a growing trend.

Based on the reports from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related casualties per year is 1. The highest number of reported casualties - 3 took place in 2014, and the lowest - 0 in 2002. The data has a constant trend. The average number of casualties per 1,000 fires is 6. This indicator was the highest - 18 in 2014, and the lowest 0 in 2002. The trend for injuries per 1,000 incidents is growing. Compared to the state value the number of casualties per 1,000 fires is lower.



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

Amherst:	6.6
Williamsville:	3.3
Cheektowaga:	9.8
Kenmore:	35.6
Tonawanda:	20.9
North Tonawanda:	7.9
Depew:	8.9
Buffalo:	5.5
Lancaster:	14.3

27.4% incidents where reported in the morning and 72.6% in the evening. The most fires (16.5%) took place on Monday, and the least (13.2%) on Thursday.
Based on the 2,133 incident reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (13.5%) took place during May, and the least (5.6%) in December.
Out of all 19,914 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (53.7%), False Alarm (18.0%), and Fire (10.7%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Amherst, NY
• 10,70053.7%Rescue & EMS
• 3,57718.0%False Alarm
• 2,13310.7%Fire
• 1,8959.5%Hazardous Condition
• 8394.2%Service Call
• 7043.5%Good Intent Call
• 310.2%Overpressure Rupture
• 270.1%Special Incident
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Structure Fires (39.9%), and Outside Fires (31.5%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Amherst, NY
• 85139.9%Structure Fires
• 67131.5%Outside Fires
• 31514.8%Other
• 29613.9%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires