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Oxford: Fire Incidents, Pennsylvania (PA)

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

According to the data from the years 2003 - 2018 the average number of fire incidents per year is 65. The highest number of fire incidents - 111 took place in 2008, and the least - 10 in 2018. The data has a dropping trend.


The average number of yearly fire incidents per 10k residents in Oxford, PA compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for the last 3 years, including only cities with population 5,000 and above)

Oxford:	96.2
Kennett Square:	71.0
Coatesville:	118.0
Willow Street:	31.7
Downingtown:	110.0
New Holland:	72.6
West Chester:	56.6
Lancaster:	100.2

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 10 minutes. This is higher than the state median value.


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

Oxford:	10 minutes
Rising Sun:	9 minutes
Avondale:	9 minutes
Christiana:	8 minutes
Quarryville:	9 minutes
Parkesburg:	9 minutes
North East:	10 minutes
Port Deposit:	11 minutes
Newark:	8 minutes

According to the data from the years 2003 - 2018 the average number of fire-related casualties per year is 2. The highest number of reported injuries - 5 took place in 2008, and the lowest - 0 in 2005. The data has a decreasing trend. The average number of casualties per 1,000 fires is 27. This indicator was the highest - 107 in 2006, and the lowest 0 in 2005. The trend for casualties per 1,000 incidents is dropping. Compared to the Pennsylvania value the number of casualties per 1,000 fires is much higher.



Casualties per 1,000 incidents in Oxford, PA compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for all years, including only cities with at least 500 fire incidents)

Oxford:	26.9
Rising Sun:	16.6
Avondale:	1.4
Christiana:	0.0
Quarryville:	0.0
Parkesburg:	0.0
North East:	2.3
Port Deposit:	1.5
Newark:	2.2

32.9% incidents where reported in the morning and 67.1% in the evening. The most fires (17.0%) took place on Sunday, and the least (11.7%) on Thursday.
Based on the 1,041 fire incidents from years 2003 - 2018 most fires (12.7%) took place during April, and the least (4.7%) in October.
Out of all 2,466 cases reported during the years 2003 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Fire (42.2%), Overpressure Rupture (18.5%), and Rescue & EMS (15.3%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Oxford, PA
• 1,04142.2%Fire
• 45718.5%Rescue & EMS
• 37715.3%Hazardous Condition
• 2369.6%Good Intent Call
• 2148.7%False Alarm
• 1405.7%Service Call
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Structure Fires (53.6%), and Outside Fires (29.8%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Oxford, PA
• 55853.6%Structure Fires
• 31029.8%Outside Fires
• 979.3%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 767.3%Other