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Hamburg: 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 65. The highest number of reported fires - 147 took place in 2005, and the least - 1 in 2011. The data has a growing trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 11 minutes. This is higher than the state median value.


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

Hamburg:	11 minutes
Leesport:	10 minutes
Bernville:	9 minutes
Fleetwood:	8 minutes
Kutztown:	10 minutes
Pottsville:	6 minutes
Reading:	3 minutes
Wyomissing:	6 minutes
Sinking Spring:	6 minutes

33.5% incidents where reported in the morning and 66.5% in the evening. The most fires (16.3%) took place on Friday, and the least (12.4%) on Sunday.
Based on the 1,038 reports from years 2003 - 2018 most fires (13.7%) took place during March, and the least (3.9%) in June.
Out of all 3,217 cases reported during the years 2003 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Fire (32.3%), Hazardous Condition (21.5%), and Rescue & EMS (18.0%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Hamburg, PA
• 1,03832.3%Fire
• 69121.5%Hazardous Condition
• 58018.0%Rescue & EMS
• 35411.0%Good Intent Call
• 2949.1%Service Call
• 1795.6%False Alarm
• 642.0%Special Incident
• 110.3%Severe Weather
• 60.2%Overpressure Rupture
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Structure Fires (54.9%), and Outside Fires (21.1%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Hamburg, PA
• 57054.9%Structure Fires
• 21921.1%Outside Fires
• 15414.8%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 959.2%Other