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Catasauqua: Fire Incidents, Pennsylvania (PA)

2006 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents

Based on the data from the years 2006 - 2018 the average number of fires per year is 32. The highest number of reported fires - 52 took place in 2006, and the least - 16 in 2013. The data has a declining trend.

The average number of yearly fire incidents per 10k residents in Catasauqua, PA compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for the last 3 years, including only cities with population 5,000 and above)
Catasauqua:	59.4
Northampton:	71.3
Allentown:	11.6
Bethlehem:	29.6
Wescosville:	18.2
Emmaus:	31.8
Hellertown:	22.2
Nazareth:	52.5
Wilson:	3.2

According to the data from the years 2006 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly casualties is 1. The highest number of injuries - 6 took place in 2006, and the lowest - 0 in 2007. The data has a declining trend.
28.0% incidents where reported in the morning and 72.0% in the evening. The most fires (23.2%) took place on Saturday, and the least (10.6%) on Thursday.
According to the 414 fires from years 2006 - 2018 most fires (13.0%) took place during March, and the least (4.8%) in August.
Out of all 1,684 cases reported during the years 2006 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Fire (24.6%), Rescue & EMS (24.2%), and Hazardous Condition (18.1%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Catasauqua, PA
• 41424.6%Fire
• 40724.2%Hazardous Condition
• 30418.1%Service Call
• 23914.2%False Alarm
• 21312.6%Rescue & EMS
• 1005.9%Good Intent Call
• 70.4%Special Incident
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Structure Fires (64.7%), and Outside Fires (21.0%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Catasauqua, PA
• 26864.7%Structure Fires
• 8721.0%Outside Fires
• 307.2%Other
• 297.0%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires