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Glen Allen: Fire Incidents, Virginia (VA)

2002 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents

Based on the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire incidents per year is 146. The highest number of reported fire incidents - 208 took place in 2007, and the least - 83 in 2002. The data has an increasing trend.


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

Glen Allen:	76.3
Ashland:	120.5
Mechanicsville:	60.6
Richmond:	66.9
Bon Air:	18.3
Highland Springs:	22.3
Sandston:	66.5
Bensley:	56.7
Bellwood:	45.7

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 6 minutes. This is close to the Virginia median value.


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

Glen Allen:	6 minutes
Ashland:	8 minutes
Mechanicsville:	8 minutes
Richmond:	5 minutes
Highland Springs:	5 minutes
Sandston:	6 minutes
Chester:	6 minutes
Goochland:	13 minutes
Hopewell:	5 minutes

According to the reports from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly deaths is 0. The highest number of deaths - 2 took place in 2016, and the lowest - 0 in 2002. The data has a constant trend.

According to the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly casualties is 4. The highest number of reported casualties - 8 took place in 2012, and the lowest - 0 in 2005. The data has a growing trend. The average number of casualties per 1,000 fires is 26. This indicator was the highest - 56 in 2018, and the lowest 0 in 2005. The trend for casualties per 1,000 incidents is increasing. Compared to the state value the number of casualties per 1,000 incidents is higher.



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

Glen Allen:	24.1
Ashland:	6.1
Mechanicsville:	4.6
Richmond:	26.0
Highland Springs:	44.5
Sandston:	18.9
Chester:	40.8
Goochland:	4.3
Hopewell:	36.9

28.1% incidents where reported in the morning and 71.9% in the evening. The most fires (15.4%) took place on Saturday, and the least (13.1%) on Thursday.
Based on the 2,487 fire incident reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (10.3%) took place during April, and the least (6.3%) in October.
Out of all 33,078 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (62.1%), False Alarm (8.7%), and Good Intent Call (8.1%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Glen Allen, VA
• 20,55362.1%Rescue & EMS
• 2,8878.7%False Alarm
• 2,6638.1%Good Intent Call
• 2,4877.5%Fire
• 2,4827.5%Hazardous Condition
• 1,8045.5%Service Call
• 1040.3%Special Incident
• 500.2%Severe Weather
• 480.1%Overpressure Rupture
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Outside Fires (41.9%), and Structure Fires (33.2%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Glen Allen, VA
• 1,04341.9%Outside Fires
• 82533.2%Structure Fires
• 46118.5%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 1586.4%Other