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Mercersburg: Fire Incidents, Pennsylvania (PA)

2005 - 2017 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents

Based on the data from the years 2005 - 2017 the average number of fires per year is 48. The highest number of fire incidents - 95 took place in 2009, and the least - 12 in 2005. The data has an increasing trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 11 minutes. This is higher compared to the Pennsylvania median value.


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

Mercersburg:	11 minutes
Clear Spring:	12 minutes
Chambersburg:	6 minutes
Hagerstown:	5 minutes
Williamsport:	8 minutes
Hancock:	11 minutes
Waynesboro:	8 minutes
Fayetteville:	7 minutes
Smithsburg:	10 minutes

31.9% incidents where reported in the morning and 68.1% in the evening. The most fires (17.5%) took place on Monday, and the least (10.7%) on Tuesday.
Based on the 633 incident reports from years 2005 - 2017 most fires (12.5%) took place during March, and the least (5.2%) in June.
Out of all 1,590 cases reported during the years 2005 - 2017, the most belonged to the categories: Fire (39.8%), Rescue & EMS (36.5%), and Service Call (9.0%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Mercersburg, PA
• 63339.8%Fire
• 58036.5%Hazardous Condition
• 1439.0%Good Intent Call
• 925.8%False Alarm
• 674.2%Service Call
• 573.6%Rescue & EMS
• 140.9%Special Incident
• 40.3%Severe Weather
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Structure Fires (52.9%), and Outside Fires (33.8%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Mercersburg, PA
• 33552.9%Structure Fires
• 21433.8%Outside Fires
• 7111.2%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 132.1%Other