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Delphos: 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 fire incidents per year is 52. The highest number of fire incidents - 76 took place in 2005, and the least - 23 in 2002. The data has an increasing trend.


The average number of yearly fire incidents per 10k residents in Delphos, OH compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for the last 3 years, including only cities with population 5,000 and above)

Delphos:	75.3
Van Wert:	63.2
Lima:	90.6
Wapakoneta:	66.9
Celina:	86.4
Ada:	49.7
Defiance:	132.7

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 5 minutes. This is lower than the state median value.


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

Delphos:	5 minutes
Elida:	6 minutes
Van Wert:	7 minutes
Lima:	4 minutes
Ottawa:	7 minutes
Wapakoneta:	8 minutes
Celina:	8 minutes
Harrod:	8 minutes
Paulding:	12 minutes

According to the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly casualties is 0. The highest number of injuries - 3 took place in 2005, and the lowest - 0 in 2002. The data has a constant trend. The average number of injuries per 1,000 fires is 8. This indicator was the highest - 39 in 2005, and the lowest 0 in 2002. The trend for injuries per 1,000 incidents is constant. Compared to the Ohio value the number of injuries per 1,000 incidents is lower.



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

Delphos:	9.1
Elida:	18.9
Van Wert:	23.1
Lima:	23.4
Ottawa:	3.4
Wapakoneta:	6.6
Celina:	13.3
Harrod:	1.7
Paulding:	1.9

27.2% incidents where reported in the morning and 72.8% in the evening. The most fires (17.3%) took place on Sunday, and the least (11.6%) on Thursday.
According to the 882 reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (11.2%) took place during April, and the least (5.6%) in February.
Out of all 8,169 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (73.2%), Fire (10.8%), and Service Call (5.7%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Delphos, OH
• 5,98173.2%Rescue & EMS
• 88210.8%Fire
• 4655.7%Service Call
• 3494.3%Hazardous Condition
• 2723.3%False Alarm
• 1922.4%Good Intent Call
• 130.2%Special Incident
• 100.1%Severe Weather
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Outside Fires (45.4%), and Structure Fires (40.5%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Delphos, OH
• 40045.4%Outside Fires
• 35740.5%Structure Fires
• 12113.7%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 40.5%Other