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Bellefonte: Fire Incidents, Pennsylvania (PA)

2004 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents

Based on the data from the years 2004 - 2018 the average number of fires per year is 36. The highest number of reported fire incidents - 91 took place in 2006, and the least - 11 in 2018. The data has a decreasing trend.


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

Bellefonte:	29.4
State College:	23.9
Lock Haven:	70.0
Lewistown:	139.0

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 10 minutes. This is higher compared to the state median value.


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

Bellefonte:	10 minutes
State College:	8 minutes
Lock Haven:	3 minutes
Lewistown:	8 minutes

31.3% incidents where reported in the morning and 68.8% in the evening. The most fires (14.9%) took place on Tuesday, and the least (13.2%) on Friday.
Based on the 544 reports from years 2004 - 2018 most fires (14.9%) took place during January, and the least (5.3%) in September.
Out of all 1,512 cases reported during the years 2004 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Fire (36.0%), Hazardous Condition (26.8%), and Good Intent Call (12.4%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Bellefonte, PA
• 54436.0%Fire
• 40526.8%Hazardous Condition
• 18812.4%Good Intent Call
• 1459.6%Rescue & EMS
• 1268.3%False Alarm
• 916.0%Service Call
• 110.7%Special Incident
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Structure Fires (58.8%), and Outside Fires (20.6%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Bellefonte, PA
• 32058.8%Structure Fires
• 11220.6%Outside Fires
• 7614.0%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 366.6%Other