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Emmaus: Fire Incidents, Pennsylvania (PA)

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

According to the data from the years 2006 - 2018 the average number of fires per year is 36. The highest number of fires - 50 took place in 2017, and the least - 6 in 2006. The data has a growing trend.

The average number of yearly fire incidents per 10k residents in Emmaus, PA compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for the last 3 years, including only cities with population 5,000 and above)
Emmaus:	31.8
Wescosville:	18.2
Allentown:	11.6
Catasauqua:	59.4
Bethlehem:	29.6
Hellertown:	22.2
Northampton:	71.3
Quakertown:	61.6
Kutztown:	94.4

According to the reports from the years 2006 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly casualties is 1. The highest number of casualties - 7 took place in 2007, and the lowest - 0 in 2006. The data has a constant trend.
30.9% incidents where reported in the morning and 69.1% in the evening. The most fires (16.4%) took place on Saturday, and the least (11.9%) on Friday.
Based on the 463 fire incident reports from years 2006 - 2018 most fires (14.0%) took place during April, and the least (5.2%) in December.
Out of all 2,148 cases reported during the years 2006 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Hazardous Condition (30.8%), Fire (21.6%), and Rescue & EMS (15.5%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Emmaus, PA
• 66230.8%Hazardous Condition
• 46321.6%Fire
• 33215.5%Rescue & EMS
• 28813.4%False Alarm
• 2089.7%Good Intent Call
• 1928.9%Service Call
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Structure Fires (51.8%), and Outside Fires (27.0%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Emmaus, PA
• 24051.8%Structure Fires
• 12527.0%Outside Fires
• 6514.0%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 337.1%Other