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Scotia: Fire Incidents, New York (NY)

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

Based on the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire incidents per year is 27. The highest number of reported fire incidents - 53 took place in 2003, and the least - 14 in 2011. The data has a growing trend.

The average number of yearly fire incidents per 10k residents in Scotia, NY compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for the last 3 years, including only cities with population 5,000 and above)
Scotia:	26.9
Glenville:	67.6
Schenectady:	72.1
Rotterdam:	1.0
East Glenville:	1.5
Clifton Park:	34.1
Guilderland:	7.3
Colonie:	120.5
Halfmoon:	15.6

According to the reports from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related casualties per year is 1. The highest number of casualties - 3 took place in 2005, and the lowest - 0 in 2002. The data has a constant trend.
29.6% incidents where reported in the morning and 70.4% in the evening. The most fires (16.8%) took place on Thursday, and the least (11.1%) on Wednesday.
According to the 459 fire incident reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (11.8%) took place during April, and the least (5.9%) in August.
Out of all 10,032 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (55.0%), Hazardous Condition (12.1%), and Service Call (12.1%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Scotia, NY
• 5,51555.0%Rescue & EMS
• 1,21612.1%Hazardous Condition
• 1,21112.1%Service Call
• 1,12111.2%False Alarm
• 4654.6%Good Intent Call
• 4594.6%Fire
• 160.2%Special Incident
• 150.1%Severe Weather
• 140.1%Overpressure Rupture
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Structure Fires (58.8%), and Outside Fires (20.0%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Scotia, NY
• 27058.8%Structure Fires
• 9220.0%Outside Fires
• 4910.7%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 4810.5%Other