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Alma: Fire Incidents, Georgia (GA)

2010 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents

Based on the data from the years 2010 - 2018 the average number of fires per year is 78. The highest number of fire incidents - 203 took place in 2011, and the least - 2 in 2014. The data has a declining trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 8 minutes. This is higher compared to the state median value.


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

Alma:	8 minutes
Baxley:	7 minutes
Blackshear:	7 minutes
Douglas:	6 minutes
Waycross:	8 minutes
Hazlehurst:	5 minutes
Jesup:	9 minutes
Reidsville:	9 minutes
McRae:	6 minutes

26.9% incidents where reported in the morning and 73.1% in the evening. The most fires (17.4%) took place on Saturday, and the least (12.0%) on Thursday.
According to the 702 fire incidents from years 2010 - 2018 most fires (10.1%) took place during February, and the least (6.1%) in August.
Out of all 942 cases reported during the years 2010 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Fire (74.5%), Good Intent Call (9.0%), and Hazardous Condition (7.7%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Alma, GA
• 70274.5%Fire
• 859.0%Good Intent Call
• 737.7%Hazardous Condition
• 414.4%Service Call
• 353.7%False Alarm
• 50.5%Rescue & EMS
• 10.1%Overpressure Rupture
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Outside Fires (56.6%), and Structure Fires (26.4%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Alma, GA
• 39756.6%Outside Fires
• 18526.4%Structure Fires
• 9914.1%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 213.0%Other