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Penfield: Fire Incidents, New York (NY)

2002 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents

According to the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fires per year is 40. The highest number of reported fires - 83 took place in 2016, and the least - 7 in 2009. The data has a growing trend.


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

Penfield:	21.2
East Rochester:	31.3
Fairport:	126.0
Perinton:	2.3
Webster:	200.8
Brighton:	1.6
Irondequoit:	10.0
Rochester:	93.1
Walworth:	17.6

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 7 minutes. This is higher than the New York median value.


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

Penfield:	7 minutes
Fairport:	6 minutes
Webster:	6 minutes
Pittsford:	6 minutes
Rochester:	4 minutes
Victor:	6 minutes
Farmington:	7 minutes
Spencerport:	8 minutes
Hilton:	5 minutes

Based on the reports from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related casualties per year is 0. The highest number of reported casualties - 3 took place in 2018, and the lowest - 0 in 2002. The data has a rising trend. The average number of injuries per 1,000 fire incidents is 6. This indicator was the highest - 36 in 2018, and the lowest 0 in 2002. The trend for casualties per 1,000 fires is rising. Compared to the New York value the number of injuries per 1,000 incidents is about the same.



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

Penfield:	10.2
Fairport:	3.2
Webster:	24.0
Pittsford:	1.8
Rochester:	29.6
Victor:	11.0
Farmington:	0.0
Spencerport:	19.7
Hilton:	22.9

25.0% incidents where reported in the morning and 75.0% in the evening. The most fires (16.0%) took place on Wednesday, and the least (11.0%) on Tuesday.
Based on the 683 incident reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (12.9%) took place during July, and the least (5.4%) in February.
Out of all 9,664 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (41.7%), Hazardous Condition (19.5%), and False Alarm (15.6%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Penfield, NY
• 4,03241.7%Rescue & EMS
• 1,88219.5%Hazardous Condition
• 1,50815.6%False Alarm
• 8729.0%Good Intent Call
• 6837.1%Fire
• 6686.9%Service Call
• 140.1%Severe Weather
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Structure Fires (47.4%), and Outside Fires (39.1%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Penfield, NY
• 32447.4%Structure Fires
• 26739.1%Outside Fires
• 8111.9%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 111.6%Other