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Irondale: Fire Incidents, Alabama (AL)

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

Based on the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fires per year is 74. The highest number of reported fire incidents - 116 took place in 2007, and the least - 41 in 2013. The data has a rising trend.


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

Irondale:	55.7
Mountain Brook:	11.4
Tarrant:	58.6
Birmingham:	87.0
Center Point:	49.5
Leeds:	53.0
Trussville:	18.4
Homewood:	35.3
Vestavia Hills:	20.2

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 5 minutes. This is lower than the state median value.


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

Irondale:	5 minutes
Tarrant:	3 minutes
Birmingham:	6 minutes
Leeds:	5 minutes
Trussville:	7 minutes
Homewood:	6 minutes
Vestavia Hills:	4 minutes
Pinson:	6 minutes
Hoover:	5 minutes

Based on 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 rising trend.

According to the reports from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related casualties per year is 1. The highest number of injuries - 3 took place in 2005, and the lowest - 0 in 2002. The data has an increasing trend. The average number of casualties per 1,000 fires is 16. This indicator was the highest - 61 in 2014, and the lowest 0 in 2002. The trend for casualties per 1,000 incidents is rising. Compared to the state value the number of casualties per 1,000 incidents is much higher.



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

Irondale:	13.6
Tarrant:	3.9
Birmingham:	5.1
Leeds:	5.8
Trussville:	2.6
Homewood:	3.9
Vestavia Hills:	19.5
Pinson:	15.8
Hoover:	9.0

30.8% incidents where reported in the morning and 69.2% in the evening. The most fires (16.5%) took place on Saturday, and the least (12.1%) on Sunday.
Based on the 1,251 incident reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (10.4%) took place during March, and the least (5.8%) in February.
Out of all 9,468 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (59.8%), Fire (13.2%), and Service Call (10.5%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Irondale, AL
• 5,66659.8%Rescue & EMS
• 1,25113.2%Fire
• 99410.5%Service Call
• 6877.3%False Alarm
• 4204.4%Good Intent Call
• 3894.1%Hazardous Condition
• 260.3%Special Incident
• 230.2%Overpressure Rupture
• 120.1%Severe Weather
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Outside Fires (41.5%), and Structure Fires (27.7%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Irondale, AL
• 51941.5%Outside Fires
• 34727.7%Structure Fires
• 32125.7%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 645.1%Other