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Galena: 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 fire incidents per year is 34. The highest number of fire incidents - 61 took place in 2008, and the least - 16 in 2017. The data has a declining trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 7 minutes. This is close to the Ohio median value.


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

Galena:	7 minutes
Sunbury:	9 minutes
Westerville:	6 minutes
Powell:	6 minutes
Johnstown:	8 minutes
Worthington:	4 minutes
Delaware:	7 minutes
Centerburg:	9 minutes
Gahanna:	5 minutes

According to the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related casualties per year is 0. The highest number of injuries - 1 took place in 2002, and the lowest - 0 in 2003. The data has a declining trend. The average number of injuries per 1,000 fires is 5. This indicator was the highest - 31 in 2005, and the lowest 0 in 2003. The trend for casualties per 1,000 fire incidents is decreasing. Compared to the Ohio value the number of casualties per 1,000 incidents is much lower.



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

Galena:	5.2
Sunbury:	4.1
Westerville:	15.6
Powell:	11.1
Johnstown:	22.2
Worthington:	10.2
Delaware:	16.5
Centerburg:	11.7
Gahanna:	7.5

36.2% incidents where reported in the morning and 63.8% in the evening. The most fires (16.4%) took place on Sunday, and the least (10.3%) on Friday.
According to the 574 incident reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (12.0%) took place during February, and the least (5.1%) in December.
Out of all 3,832 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (35.5%), Hazardous Condition (18.4%), and Fire (15.0%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Galena, OH
• 1,35935.5%Rescue & EMS
• 70618.4%Hazardous Condition
• 57415.0%Fire
• 47512.4%Good Intent Call
• 3539.2%Service Call
• 3378.8%False Alarm
• 200.5%Severe Weather
• 60.2%Overpressure Rupture
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Structure Fires (54.2%), and Outside Fires (35.0%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Galena, OH
• 31154.2%Structure Fires
• 20135.0%Outside Fires
• 5810.1%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 40.7%Other