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Lebanon: Fire Incidents, Pennsylvania (PA)

2003 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents

According to the data from the years 2003 - 2018 the average number of fires per year is 164. The highest number of fire incidents - 380 took place in 2014, and the least - 3 in 2009. The data has a rising trend.


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

Lebanon:	78.3
Palmyra:	69.9
Hershey:	37.4
Lititz:	50.4
Elizabethtown:	78.4
Mount Joy:	82.4
Ephrata:	53.0
Middletown:	69.5

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 4 minutes. This is lower compared to the state median value.


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

Lebanon:	4 minutes
Annville:	8 minutes
Myerstown:	3 minutes
Palmyra:	9 minutes
Manheim:	10 minutes
Hershey:	8 minutes
Lititz:	9 minutes
Elizabethtown:	9 minutes
Hummelstown:	10 minutes

Based on the data from the years 2003 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly casualties is 3. The highest number of casualties - 13 took place in 2018, and the lowest - 0 in 2003. The data has a growing trend. The average number of injuries per 1,000 fire incidents is 13. This indicator was the highest - 71 in 2018, and the lowest 0 in 2003. The trend for casualties per 1,000 fire incidents is growing. Compared to the state value the number of injuries per 1,000 incidents is much higher.



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

Lebanon:	17.1
Annville:	3.3
Myerstown:	0.0
Palmyra:	7.3
Manheim:	3.5
Hershey:	14.8
Lititz:	2.7
Elizabethtown:	3.1
Hummelstown:	7.1

33.8% incidents where reported in the morning and 66.2% in the evening. The most fires (15.5%) took place on Thursday, and the least (12.9%) on Sunday.
Based on the 2,626 incident reports from years 2003 - 2018 most fires (10.8%) took place during April, and the least (6.3%) in December.
Out of all 11,571 cases reported during the years 2003 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Hazardous Condition (29.3%), Fire (22.7%), and False Alarm (15.5%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Lebanon, PA
• 3,39329.3%Hazardous Condition
• 2,62622.7%Fire
• 1,79615.5%False Alarm
• 1,64814.2%Rescue & EMS
• 1,1039.5%Good Intent Call
• 8747.6%Service Call
• 730.6%Severe Weather
• 450.4%Special Incident
• 130.1%Overpressure Rupture
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Structure Fires (69.8%), and Outside Fires (17.2%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Lebanon, PA
• 1,83369.8%Structure Fires
• 45117.2%Outside Fires
• 1867.1%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 1565.9%Other