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Binghamton: Fire Incidents, New York (NY)

2002 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents

According to the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fires per year is 222. The highest number of reported fire incidents - 362 took place in 2004, and the least - 83 in 2002. The data has a rising trend.


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

Binghamton:	52.5
Dickinson:	5.7
Johnson City:	42.9
Kirkwood:	20.5
Conklin:	35.5
Union:	1.5
Endwell:	21.3
Vestal:	21.3
Fenton:	1.5

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 5 minutes. This is higher than the New York median value.


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

Binghamton:	5 minutes
Johnson City:	4 minutes
Endwell:	6 minutes
Vestal:	8 minutes
Endicott:	6 minutes
Owego:	8 minutes

According to the reports from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly deaths is 1. The highest number of deaths - 4 took place in 2010, and the lowest - 0 in 2002. The data has a constant trend. The average number of deaths per 1,000 fires is 3. This indicator was the highest - 18 in 2010, and the lowest 0 in 2002. The trend for deaths per 1,000 incidents is constant. Compared to the state value the number of fatalities per 1,000 fires is much higher.


Deaths per 1,000 incidents in Binghamton, NY compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for all years, including only cities with at least 2,500 fire incidents)

Binghamton:

3.2

According to the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly casualties is 2. The highest number of reported injuries - 6 took place in 2013, and the lowest - 0 in 2002. The data has a constant trend. The average number of casualties per 1,000 fires is 7. This indicator was the highest - 23 in 2013, and the lowest 0 in 2002. The trend for casualties per 1,000 fire incidents is constant. Compared to the state value the number of casualties per 1,000 fire incidents is lower.



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

Binghamton:	7.2
Johnson City:	2.9
Endwell:	10.0
Vestal:	3.8
Endicott:	12.4
Owego:	0.0

31.1% incidents where reported in the morning and 68.9% in the evening. The most fires (15.4%) took place on Wednesday, and the least (12.9%) on Friday.
Based on the 3,774 fire incident reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (11.9%) took place during April, and the least (6.8%) in February.
Out of all 53,004 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (62.9%), Hazardous Condition (12.6%), and False Alarm (8.2%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Binghamton, NY
• 33,32162.9%Rescue & EMS
• 6,66812.6%Hazardous Condition
• 4,3418.2%False Alarm
• 3,7747.1%Fire
• 2,2594.3%Good Intent Call
• 1,9293.6%Service Call
• 5551.0%Overpressure Rupture
• 800.2%Special Incident
• 770.1%Severe Weather
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Structure Fires (49.2%), and Outside Fires (27.3%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Binghamton, NY
• 1,85549.2%Structure Fires
• 1,03227.3%Outside Fires
• 58915.6%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 2987.9%Other