New Castle: Fire Incidents, Pennsylvania (PA)
Where are fire incidents reported in New Castle, PA
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2004 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents
- Incident types reported to NFIRS in New Castle, PA
- 3,45152.4%Rescue & EMS
- 1,06216.1%Fire
- 5728.7%Hazardous Condition
- 5708.6%Good Intent Call
- 5097.7%Service Call
- 3785.7%False Alarm
- 340.5%Special Incident
- 80.1%Overpressure Rupture
- 80.1%Severe Weather
- Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in New Castle, PA
- 62458.8%Structure Fires
- 25924.4%Outside Fires
- 13012.2%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
- 494.6%Other
Based on the data from the years 2004 - 2018 the average number of fires per year is 71. The highest number of fires - 270 took place in 2008, and the least - 0 in 2005. The data has a growing trend.The average number of yearly fire incidents per 10k residents in New Castle, PA compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for the last 3 years, including only cities with population 5,000 and above)
| New Castle: | 47.7 |
| Ellwood City: | 48.2 |
| Beaver Falls: | 119.0 |
| Hermitage: | 27.9 |
| Grove City: | 32.1 |
| Sharon: | 56.1 |
| New Brighton: | 100.9 |
| Monaca: | 45.8 |
The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 6 minutes. This is close to the state median value.The median response time in New Castle, PA compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for all years, including only cities with at least 500 fire incidents)
| New Castle: | 6 minutes |
| Struthers: | 3 minutes |
| Campbell: | 3 minutes |
| East Palestine: | 7 minutes |
| Hubbard: | 8 minutes |
| Beaver Falls: | 5 minutes |
| Boardman: | 4 minutes |
| Youngstown: | 3 minutes |
| Grove City: | 10 minutes |
According to the reports from the years 2004 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly casualties is 1. The highest number of reported injuries - 6 took place in 2018, and the lowest - 0 in 2004. The data has an increasing trend.
The average number of injuries per 1,000 fires is 12. This indicator was the highest - 43 in 2018, and the lowest 0 in 2004. The trend for casualties per 1,000 fire incidents is increasing. Compared to the state value the number of casualties per 1,000 fire incidents is much higher.Casualties per 1,000 incidents in New Castle, PA compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for all years, including only cities with at least 500 fire incidents)
| New Castle: | 16.9 |
| Struthers: | 21.8 |
| Campbell: | 11.4 |
| East Palestine: | 18.3 |
| Hubbard: | 2.3 |
| Beaver Falls: | 23.5 |
| Boardman: | 52.1 |
| Youngstown: | 11.1 |
| Grove City: | 2.0 |
32.6% incidents where reported in the morning and 67.4% in the evening. The most fires (16.1%) took place on Wednesday, and the least (13.3%) on Saturday.
According to the 1,062 incident reports from years 2004 - 2018 most fires (15.1%) took place during April, and the least (3.5%) in December.
Out of all 6,592 cases reported during the years 2004 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (52.4%), Fire (16.1%), and Hazardous Condition (8.7%).
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Structure Fires (58.8%), and Outside Fires (24.4%).