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Reading: 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 62. The highest number of reported fires - 117 took place in 2010, and the least - 35 in 2012. The data has an increasing trend.


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

Reading:	56.7
Wyoming:	21.0
Deer Park:	26.9
Blue Ash:	53.8
Norwood:	47.8
Madeira:	11.9
Sharonville:	65.8
Montgomery:	22.3
Springdale:	78.8

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


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

Reading:	5 minutes
Lockland:	6 minutes
Lincoln Heights:	5 minutes
Evendale:	5 minutes
Wyoming:	5 minutes
Woodlawn:	5 minutes
Blue Ash:	5 minutes
Norwood:	3 minutes
Sharonville:	6 minutes

Based on the reports from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related casualties per year is 3. The highest number of reported injuries - 9 took place in 2011, and the lowest - 0 in 2004. The data has an increasing trend. The average number of casualties per 1,000 fire incidents is 41. This indicator was the highest - 158 in 2011, and the lowest 0 in 2004. The trend for casualties per 1,000 fires is growing. Compared to the Ohio value the number of casualties per 1,000 incidents is much higher.



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

Reading:	40.6
Lockland:	11.9
Lincoln Heights:	0.0
Evendale:	3.7
Wyoming:	6.8
Woodlawn:	3.8
Blue Ash:	25.6
Norwood:	6.5
Sharonville:	6.8

31.9% incidents where reported in the morning and 68.1% in the evening. The most fires (16.1%) took place on Thursday, and the least (12.3%) on Saturday.
According to the 1,058 fire incidents from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (11.1%) took place during March, and the least (5.7%) in February.
Out of all 11,843 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (64.6%), Fire (8.9%), and Hazardous Condition (8.5%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Reading, OH
• 7,65264.6%Rescue & EMS
• 1,0588.9%Fire
• 1,0108.5%Hazardous Condition
• 8226.9%Service Call
• 7766.6%Good Intent Call
• 4854.1%False Alarm
• 240.2%Severe Weather
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Structure Fires (59.6%), and Outside Fires (29.3%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Reading, OH
• 63159.6%Structure Fires
• 31029.3%Outside Fires
• 11310.7%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 40.4%Other