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Pottsville: Fire Incidents, Pennsylvania (PA)

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 67. The highest number of reported fire incidents - 370 took place in 2016, and the least - 0 in 2004. The data has a growing trend.


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

Pottsville:	220.0
Schuylkill Haven:	99.7
Mount Carmel:	32.8
Tamaqua:	104.4

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 Pottsville, PA compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for all years, including only cities with at least 500 fire incidents)

Pottsville:	6 minutes
Hamburg:	11 minutes

37.3% incidents where reported in the morning and 62.7% in the evening. The most fires (17.7%) took place on Saturday, and the least (10.0%) on Thursday.
According to the 1,068 incident reports from years 2003 - 2018 most fires (12.3%) took place during January, and the least (4.7%) in October.
Out of all 4,614 cases reported during the years 2003 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: False Alarm (24.8%), Fire (23.1%), and Rescue & EMS (17.3%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Pottsville, PA
• 1,14324.8%False Alarm
• 1,06823.1%Fire
• 79717.3%Rescue & EMS
• 65314.2%Hazardous Condition
• 3878.4%Service Call
• 3848.3%Good Intent Call
• 962.1%Special Incident
• 721.6%Severe Weather
• 140.3%Overpressure Rupture
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Structure Fires (69.5%), and Other (12.7%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Pottsville, PA
• 74269.5%Structure Fires
• 13612.7%Other
• 1049.7%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 868.1%Outside Fires