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Palmetto: Fire Incidents, Georgia (GA)

2005 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents

Based on the data from the years 2005 - 2018 the average number of fire incidents per year is 43. The highest number of fire incidents - 74 took place in 2008, and the least - 3 in 2006. The data has an increasing trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 6 minutes. This is comparable to the Georgia median value.


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

Palmetto:	6 minutes
Fairburn:	6 minutes
Union City:	5 minutes
Peachtree City:	5 minutes
Newnan:	6 minutes
Sharpsburg:	6 minutes
Fayetteville:	6 minutes
College Park:	6 minutes
Riverdale:	5 minutes

Based on the reports from the years 2005 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly casualties is 0. The highest number of reported casualties - 2 took place in 2008, and the lowest - 0 in 2005. The data has a constant trend. The average number of injuries per 1,000 fires is 5. This indicator was the highest - 27 in 2008, and the lowest 0 in 2005. The trend for casualties per 1,000 fire incidents is constant. Compared to the Georgia value the number of casualties per 1,000 fires is lower.



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

Palmetto:	6.6
Fairburn:	7.5
Union City:	4.5
Peachtree City:	3.8
Newnan:	3.2
Sharpsburg:	6.1
Fayetteville:	12.2
College Park:	4.6
Riverdale:	10.6

29.0% incidents where reported in the morning and 71.0% in the evening. The most fires (15.6%) took place on Friday, and the least (12.9%) on Sunday.
According to the 603 incident reports from years 2005 - 2018 most fires (15.3%) took place during March, and the least (4.5%) in September.
Out of all 5,985 cases reported during the years 2005 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Overpressure Rupture (56.2%), Hazardous Condition (13.7%), and Service Call (10.7%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Palmetto, GA
• 3,36456.2%Rescue & EMS
• 82013.7%Service Call
• 63910.7%Good Intent Call
• 60310.1%Fire
• 3606.0%Hazardous Condition
• 1773.0%False Alarm
• 130.2%Severe Weather
• 90.2%Special Incident
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Outside Fires (47.9%), and Structure Fires (35.2%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Palmetto, GA
• 28947.9%Outside Fires
• 21235.2%Structure Fires
• 9816.3%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 40.7%Other