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Mountain Brook: Fire Incidents, Alabama (AL)

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

Based on the data from the years 2003 - 2018 the average number of fires per year is 26. The highest number of reported fire incidents - 54 took place in 2008, and the least - 0 in 2004. The data has a growing trend.

The average number of yearly fire incidents per 10k residents in Mountain Brook, AL compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for the last 3 years, including only cities with population 5,000 and above)
Mountain Brook:	11.4
Homewood:	35.3
Vestavia Hills:	20.2
Irondale:	55.7
Birmingham:	87.0
Tarrant:	58.6
Hoover:	8.0
Fultondale:	48.3
Fairfield:	8.2

Based on the data from the years 2003 - 2018 the average number of fire-related casualties per year is 0. The highest number of injuries - 3 took place in 2013, and the lowest - 0 in 2003. The data has a constant trend.
32.6% incidents where reported in the morning and 67.4% in the evening. The most fires (16.1%) took place on Friday, and the least (11.3%) on Wednesday.
Based on the 423 fire incident reports from years 2003 - 2018 most fires (12.5%) took place during March, and the least (5.7%) in February.
Out of all 6,379 cases reported during the years 2003 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (46.8%), Service Call (16.4%), and False Alarm (15.4%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Mountain Brook, AL
• 2,98746.8%Rescue & EMS
• 1,04716.4%Service Call
• 98015.4%False Alarm
• 79112.4%Hazardous Condition
• 4236.6%Fire
• 1262.0%Good Intent Call
• 100.2%Overpressure Rupture
• 80.1%Special Incident
• 70.1%Severe Weather
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Outside Fires (48.5%), and Structure Fires (38.3%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Mountain Brook, AL
• 20548.5%Outside Fires
• 16238.3%Structure Fires
• 5312.5%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 30.7%Other