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Cuyahoga Falls: Fire Incidents, Ohio (OH)

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 151. The highest number of reported fire incidents - 203 took place in 2006, and the least - 117 in 2018. The data has a dropping trend.


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

Cuyahoga Falls:	24.9
Munroe Falls:	12.6
Stow:	18.6
Tallmadge:	28.1
Akron:	43.8
Fairlawn:	48.5
Kent:	26.5
Hudson:	12.2
Streetsboro:	35.3

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 4 minutes. This is lower compared to the state median value.


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

Cuyahoga Falls:	4 minutes
Stow:	5 minutes
Tallmadge:	5 minutes
Akron:	5 minutes
Fairlawn:	4 minutes
Kent:	6 minutes
Hudson:	6 minutes
Mogadore:	6 minutes
Brimfield:	6 minutes

According to the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly deaths is 0. The highest number of deaths - 2 took place in 2006, 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 - 10 in 2006, and the lowest 0 in 2002. The trend for fatalities per 1,000 fires is constant. Compared to the Ohio value the number of fatalities per 1,000 fires is higher.


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

Cuyahoga Falls:	2.7
Akron:	2.8
Ravenna:	1.2
Medina:	2.3
Parma:	0.7

According to the reports from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related casualties per year is 6. The highest number of reported injuries - 20 took place in 2006, and the lowest - 1 in 2009. The data has a declining trend. The average number of injuries per 1,000 fire incidents is 38. This indicator was the highest - 99 in 2006, and the lowest 8 in 2009. The trend for injuries per 1,000 incidents is dropping. Compared to the state value the number of casualties per 1,000 fires is much higher.



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

Cuyahoga Falls:	41.0
Stow:	43.1
Tallmadge:	23.7
Akron:	35.0
Fairlawn:	11.0
Kent:	12.9
Hudson:	1.6
Mogadore:	10.3
Brimfield:	3.9

29.2% incidents where reported in the morning and 70.8% in the evening. The most fires (16.6%) took place on Sunday, and the least (12.8%) on Tuesday.
Based on the 2,562 incident reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (11.3%) took place during May, and the least (6.2%) in February.
Out of all 44,004 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (64.6%), Service Call (10.9%), and False Alarm (6.3%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Cuyahoga Falls, OH
• 28,41164.6%Rescue & EMS
• 4,78710.9%Service Call
• 2,7516.3%False Alarm
• 2,6806.1%Hazardous Condition
• 2,5625.8%Fire
• 2,3935.4%Good Intent Call
• 2800.6%Special Incident
• 870.2%Overpressure Rupture
• 530.1%Severe Weather
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Structure Fires (54.5%), and Outside Fires (30.1%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Cuyahoga Falls, OH
• 1,39654.5%Structure Fires
• 77230.1%Outside Fires
• 38114.9%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 130.5%Other