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Wilkinsburg: Fire Incidents, Pennsylvania (PA)

2004 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents

According to the data from the years 2004 - 2018 the average number of fire incidents per year is 11. The highest number of fires - 105 took place in 2010, and the least - 0 in 2005. The data has a growing trend.

The average number of yearly fire incidents per 10k residents in Wilkinsburg, PA compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for the last 3 years, including only cities with population 5,000 and above)
Wilkinsburg:	31.6
Swissvale:	58.0
Forest Hills:	31.9
Penn Hills:	18.7
Turtle Creek:	43.4
Munhall:	46.6
Fox Chapel:	10.5
Monroeville:	27.7
Pittsburgh:	25.4

35.2% incidents where reported in the morning and 64.8% in the evening. The most fires (18.5%) took place on Monday, and the least (11.1%) on Friday.
Based on the 162 fire incidents from years 2004 - 2018 most fires (11.1%) took place during April, and the least (3.7%) in December.
Out of all 1,172 cases reported during the years 2004 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Hazardous Condition (27.4%), False Alarm (20.8%), and Rescue & EMS (14.4%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Wilkinsburg, PA
• 32127.4%Hazardous Condition
• 24420.8%False Alarm
• 16914.4%Rescue & EMS
• 16213.8%Fire
• 13711.7%Good Intent Call
• 12911.0%Service Call
• 70.6%Overpressure Rupture
• 20.2%Special Incident
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Structure Fires (60.5%), and Outside Fires (23.5%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Wilkinsburg, PA
• 9860.5%Structure Fires
• 3823.5%Outside Fires
• 2314.2%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 31.9%Other