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Plum: Fire Incidents, Pennsylvania (PA)

2004 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents

Based on the data from the years 2004 - 2018 the average number of fires per year is 23. The highest number of fires - 92 took place in 2018, and the least - 1 in 2007. The data has a rising trend.

The average number of yearly fire incidents per 10k residents in Plum, PA compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for the last 3 years, including only cities with population 5,000 and above)
Plum:	29.4
Penn Hills:	18.7
Oakmont:	27.5
New Kensington:	29.2
Monroeville:	27.7
Murrysville:	22.5
Arnold:	10.0
Lower Burrell:	11.6
Turtle Creek:	43.4

31.9% incidents where reported in the morning and 68.1% in the evening. The most fires (18.7%) took place on Wednesday, and the least (10.5%) on Monday.
According to the 342 incident reports from years 2004 - 2018 most fires (13.2%) took place during May, and the least (4.7%) in August.
Out of all 3,210 cases reported during the years 2004 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (47.1%), False Alarm (15.4%), and Good Intent Call (11.5%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Plum, PA
• 1,51347.1%Rescue & EMS
• 49415.4%False Alarm
• 36811.5%Good Intent Call
• 34510.7%Hazardous Condition
• 34210.7%Fire
• 1033.2%Service Call
• 280.9%Special Incident
• 110.3%Severe Weather
• 60.2%Overpressure Rupture
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Structure Fires (59.9%), and Outside Fires (17.0%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Plum, PA
• 20559.9%Structure Fires
• 5817.0%Outside Fires
• 4112.0%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 3811.1%Other