Lehighton: Fire Incidents, Pennsylvania (PA)
Where are fire incidents reported in Lehighton, PA
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2004 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents
- Incident types reported to NFIRS in Lehighton, PA
- 42238.5%Fire
- 18817.2%Hazardous Condition
- 16815.3%Rescue & EMS
- 14313.0%False Alarm
- 1099.9%Good Intent Call
- 353.2%Service Call
- 201.8%Severe Weather
- 100.9%Special Incident
- Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Lehighton, PA
- 24457.8%Structure Fires
- 6715.9%Outside Fires
- 6314.9%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
- 4811.4%Other
Based on the data from the years 2004 - 2018 the average number of fire incidents per year is 28. The highest number of fires - 63 took place in 2012, and the least - 0 in 2007. The data has a decreasing trend.The average number of yearly fire incidents per 10k residents in Lehighton, PA compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for the last 3 years, including only cities with population 5,000 and above)
| Lehighton: | 54.1 |
| Palmerton: | 61.7 |
| Tamaqua: | 104.4 |
| Northampton: | 71.3 |
| Hazleton: | 50.4 |
| Catasauqua: | 59.4 |
| Wescosville: | 18.2 |
| Allentown: | 11.6 |
| Kutztown: | 94.4 |
34.8% incidents where reported in the morning and 65.2% in the evening. The most fires (16.6%) took place on Saturday, and the least (10.0%) on Tuesday.
According to the 422 fires from years 2004 - 2018 most fires (16.8%) took place during April, and the least (2.4%) in August.
Out of all 1,096 cases reported during the years 2004 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Fire (38.5%), Hazardous Condition (17.2%), and Rescue & EMS (15.3%).
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Structure Fires (57.8%), and Outside Fires (15.9%).