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Gardendale: Fire Incidents, Alabama (AL)

2007 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents

Based on the data from the years 2007 - 2018 the average number of fires per year is 41. The highest number of reported fires - 85 took place in 2016, and the least - 0 in 2011. The data has a constant trend.

The average number of yearly fire incidents per 10k residents in Gardendale, AL compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for the last 3 years, including only cities with population 5,000 and above)
Gardendale:	48.3
Fultondale:	48.3
Tarrant:	58.6
Pinson:	104.1
Center Point:	49.5
Birmingham:	87.0
Clay:	5.2
Irondale:	55.7
Trussville:	18.4

28.8% incidents where reported in the morning and 71.2% in the evening. The most fires (17.5%) took place on Wednesday, and the least (9.5%) on Sunday.
Based on the 497 fire incidents from years 2007 - 2018 most fires (10.1%) took place during April, and the least (5.2%) in October.
Out of all 9,674 cases reported during the years 2007 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (67.1%), Service Call (15.2%), and False Alarm (5.5%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Gardendale, AL
• 6,49667.1%Rescue & EMS
• 1,46715.2%Service Call
• 5285.5%False Alarm
• 4975.1%Fire
• 4564.7%Good Intent Call
• 1962.0%Hazardous Condition
• 170.2%Overpressure Rupture
• 110.1%Severe Weather
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Outside Fires (41.2%), and Structure Fires (31.2%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Gardendale, AL
• 20541.2%Outside Fires
• 15531.2%Structure Fires
• 10020.1%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 377.4%Other