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Dauphin: 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 39. The highest number of fire incidents - 80 took place in 2016, and the least - 6 in 2004. The data has an increasing trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 12 minutes. This is higher than the state median value.


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

Dauphin:	12 minutes
Enola:	8 minutes
Duncannon:	11 minutes
Halifax:	12 minutes
Harrisburg:	6 minutes
Camp Hill:	8 minutes
New Cumberland:	9 minutes
Steelton:	7 minutes
Mechanicsburg:	9 minutes

31.3% incidents where reported in the morning and 68.7% in the evening. The most fires (17.5%) took place on Sunday, and the least (12.2%) on Thursday.
According to the 584 fire incident reports from years 2004 - 2018 most fires (17.3%) took place during March, and the least (3.3%) in October.
Out of all 1,565 cases reported during the years 2004 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Fire (37.3%), Rescue & EMS (22.2%), and Hazardous Condition (18.1%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Dauphin, PA
• 58437.3%Fire
• 34822.2%Rescue & EMS
• 28318.1%Hazardous Condition
• 19712.6%Good Intent Call
• 835.3%Service Call
• 513.3%False Alarm
• 90.6%Special Incident
• 70.4%Severe Weather
• 30.2%Overpressure Rupture
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Structure Fires (51.4%), and Outside Fires (34.9%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Dauphin, PA
• 30051.4%Structure Fires
• 20434.9%Outside Fires
• 6310.8%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 172.9%Other