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Halifax: Fire Incidents, Pennsylvania (PA)

2003 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents

Based on the data from the years 2003 - 2018 the average number of fires per year is 38. The highest number of reported fires - 87 took place in 2014, and the least - 11 in 2003. The data has a growing 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 Halifax, PA compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for all years, including only cities with at least 500 fire incidents)

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

Based on the reports from the years 2003 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly casualties is 0. The highest number of casualties - 4 took place in 2012, and the lowest - 0 in 2003. The data has a constant trend. The average number of injuries per 1,000 fire incidents is 8. This indicator was the highest - 71 in 2012, and the lowest 0 in 2003. The trend for injuries per 1,000 incidents is constant. Compared to the state value the number of casualties per 1,000 fires is higher.



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

Halifax:	9.9
Dauphin:	0.0
Duncannon:	0.0
Enola:	0.8
Harrisburg:	6.2
Camp Hill:	2.0
New Cumberland:	1.3
Steelton:	4.5
Mechanicsburg:	1.4

32.3% incidents where reported in the morning and 67.7% in the evening. The most fires (20.0%) took place on Monday, and the least (10.6%) on Friday.
According to the 604 fires from years 2003 - 2018 most fires (15.1%) took place during April, and the least (4.6%) in October.
Out of all 1,462 cases reported during the years 2003 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Fire (41.3%), Overpressure Rupture (17.2%), and Rescue & EMS (14.6%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Halifax, PA
• 60441.3%Fire
• 25217.2%Rescue & EMS
• 21314.6%Hazardous Condition
• 18412.6%Good Intent Call
• 17311.8%Service Call
• 211.4%False Alarm
• 130.9%Severe Weather
• 20.1%Special Incident
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Structure Fires (56.8%), and Outside Fires (32.8%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Halifax, PA
• 34356.8%Structure Fires
• 19832.8%Outside Fires
• 518.4%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 122.0%Other