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Union City: Fire Incidents, Ohio (OH)

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 41. The highest number of reported fires - 73 took place in 2006, and the least - 12 in 2012. The data has a dropping trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 10 minutes. This is higher compared to the Ohio median value.


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

Union City:	10 minutes
Ansonia:	11 minutes
Winchester:	4 minutes
Greenville:	8 minutes
Portland:	6 minutes
Arcanum:	10 minutes
New Paris:	12 minutes
Richmond:	4 minutes
Celina:	8 minutes

Based on the reports from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly casualties is 0. The highest number of injuries - 2 took place in 2011, and the lowest - 0 in 2002. The data has a constant trend. The average number of injuries per 1,000 fire incidents is 7. This indicator was the highest - 53 in 2011, and the lowest 0 in 2002. The trend for injuries per 1,000 fires is constant. Compared to the Ohio value the number of injuries per 1,000 fires is lower.



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

Union City:	8.6
Ansonia:	5.8
Winchester:	12.3
Greenville:	12.7
Portland:	3.5
Arcanum:	4.8
New Paris:	1.8
Richmond:	12.1
Celina:	13.3

33.4% incidents where reported in the morning and 66.6% in the evening. The most fires (16.1%) took place on Wednesday, and the least (11.2%) on Tuesday.
Based on the 695 reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (11.8%) took place during October, and the least (5.3%) in August.
Out of all 2,570 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (38.7%), Fire (27.0%), and Hazardous Condition (19.4%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Union City, OH
• 99438.7%Rescue & EMS
• 69527.0%Fire
• 49919.4%Hazardous Condition
• 1365.3%Service Call
• 1024.0%Good Intent Call
• 813.2%False Alarm
• 401.6%Severe Weather
• 180.7%Special Incident
• 50.2%Overpressure Rupture
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Structure Fires (66.9%), and Outside Fires (25.3%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Union City, OH
• 46566.9%Structure Fires
• 17625.3%Outside Fires
• 426.0%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 121.7%Other