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Bloomsburg: Fire Incidents, Pennsylvania (PA)

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

According to the data from the years 2004 - 2018 the average number of fires per year is 56. The highest number of reported fire incidents - 117 took place in 2016, and the least - 3 in 2011. The data has a rising trend.


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

Bloomsburg:	66.1
Berwick:	47.8
Mount Carmel:	32.8
Shamokin:	38.7
Sunbury:	34.9
Milton:	30.6

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 8 minutes. This is higher compared to the Pennsylvania median value.


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

Bloomsburg:

8 minutes

35.5% incidents where reported in the morning and 64.5% in the evening. The most fires (16.1%) took place on Tuesday, and the least (11.9%) on Thursday.
Based on the 833 fires from years 2004 - 2018 most fires (11.8%) took place during March, and the least (5.6%) in August.
Out of all 2,902 cases reported during the years 2004 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Fire (28.7%), Rescue & EMS (19.1%), and False Alarm (16.9%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Bloomsburg, PA
• 83328.7%Fire
• 55519.1%Rescue & EMS
• 49116.9%False Alarm
• 43314.9%Hazardous Condition
• 2247.7%Good Intent Call
• 2127.3%Service Call
• 1404.8%Special Incident
• 130.4%Severe Weather
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Structure Fires (58.7%), and Outside Fires (20.3%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Bloomsburg, PA
• 48958.7%Structure Fires
• 16920.3%Outside Fires
• 13716.4%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 384.6%Other