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Hummelstown: Fire Incidents, Pennsylvania (PA)

2005 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents

According to the data from the years 2005 - 2018 the average number of fire incidents per year is 50. The highest number of reported fire incidents - 72 took place in 2012, and the least - 26 in 2017. The data has a decreasing trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 10 minutes. This is higher than the state median value.


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

Hummelstown:	10 minutes
Hershey:	8 minutes
Middletown:	9 minutes
Steelton:	7 minutes
Palmyra:	9 minutes
Harrisburg:	6 minutes
New Cumberland:	9 minutes
Elizabethtown:	9 minutes
Annville:	8 minutes

According to the reports from the years 2005 - 2018 the average number of fire-related casualties per year is 0. The highest number of reported casualties - 3 took place in 2008, and the lowest - 0 in 2005. The data has an increasing trend. The average number of casualties per 1,000 fires is 7. This indicator was the highest - 52 in 2008, and the lowest 0 in 2005. The trend for casualties per 1,000 fire incidents is increasing. Compared to the Pennsylvania value the number of injuries per 1,000 incidents is higher.



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

Hummelstown:	7.1
Hershey:	14.8
Middletown:	0.0
Steelton:	4.5
Palmyra:	7.3
Harrisburg:	6.2
New Cumberland:	1.3
Elizabethtown:	3.1
Annville:	3.3

31.2% incidents where reported in the morning and 68.8% in the evening. The most fires (17.0%) took place on Sunday, and the least (11.8%) on Saturday.
According to the 705 fire incident reports from years 2005 - 2018 most fires (11.1%) took place during March, and the least (5.0%) in September.
Out of all 2,240 cases reported during the years 2005 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Fire (31.5%), Good Intent Call (16.9%), and Hazardous Condition (16.1%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Hummelstown, PA
• 70531.5%Fire
• 37916.9%Good Intent Call
• 36016.1%Hazardous Condition
• 35515.8%False Alarm
• 24611.0%Rescue & EMS
• 1798.0%Service Call
• 80.4%Special Incident
• 60.3%Overpressure Rupture
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Structure Fires (73.9%), and Outside Fires (15.7%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Hummelstown, PA
• 52173.9%Structure Fires
• 11115.7%Outside Fires
• 557.8%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 182.6%Other