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Myerstown: Fire Incidents, Pennsylvania (PA)

2004 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents

Based on the data from the years 2004 - 2018 the average number of fire incidents per year is 49. The highest number of fire incidents - 149 took place in 2006, and the least - 1 in 2011. The data has a decreasing trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 3 minutes. This is much lower compared to the state median value.


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

Myerstown:	3 minutes
Lebanon:	4 minutes
Bernville:	9 minutes
Annville:	8 minutes
Denver:	9 minutes
Ephrata:	8 minutes
Lititz:	9 minutes
Sinking Spring:	6 minutes
Manheim:	10 minutes

36.1% incidents where reported in the morning and 63.9% in the evening. The most fires (16.6%) took place on Thursday, and the least (13.2%) on Tuesday.
According to the 736 reports from years 2004 - 2018 most fires (11.5%) took place during January, and the least (6.1%) in October.
Out of all 2,193 cases reported during the years 2004 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Fire (33.6%), Hazardous Condition (22.0%), and Rescue & EMS (20.4%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Myerstown, PA
• 73633.6%Fire
• 48322.0%Hazardous Condition
• 44720.4%Rescue & EMS
• 2039.3%Good Intent Call
• 1667.6%False Alarm
• 1346.1%Service Call
• 150.7%Severe Weather
• 60.3%Overpressure Rupture
• 30.1%Special Incident
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Structure Fires (54.3%), and Outside Fires (25.0%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Myerstown, PA
• 40054.3%Structure Fires
• 18425.0%Outside Fires
• 7710.5%Other
• 7510.2%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires