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Suwanee: Fire Incidents, Georgia (GA)

2002 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents

Based on the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fires per year is 74. The highest number of reported fires - 132 took place in 2016, and the least - 3 in 2004. The data has a rising trend.


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

Suwanee:	63.1
Sugar Hill:	0.5
Duluth:	65.1
Buford:	165.8
Johns Creek:	8.3
Lawrenceville:	146.9
Norcross:	137.6
Cumming:	582.4
Lilburn:	85.8

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 8 minutes. This is higher than the state median value.


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

Suwanee:	8 minutes
Duluth:	7 minutes
Buford:	8 minutes
Johns Creek:	6 minutes
Lawrenceville:	7 minutes
Norcross:	7 minutes
Dacula:	8 minutes
Cumming:	7 minutes
Lilburn:	7 minutes

According to the reports from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related casualties per year is 1. The highest number of injuries - 3 took place in 2017, and the lowest - 0 in 2002. The data has an increasing trend. The average number of injuries per 1,000 fires is 8. This indicator was the highest - 25 in 2017, and the lowest 0 in 2002. The trend for casualties per 1,000 fire incidents is increasing. Compared to the Georgia value the number of casualties per 1,000 fires is similar.



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

Suwanee:	10.3
Duluth:	15.3
Buford:	19.9
Johns Creek:	16.1
Lawrenceville:	24.4
Norcross:	19.0
Dacula:	23.3
Cumming:	7.6
Lilburn:	30.1

25.8% incidents where reported in the morning and 74.2% in the evening. The most fires (18.5%) took place on Sunday, and the least (12.1%) on Wednesday.
Based on the 1,265 fire incident reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (11.8%) took place during March, and the least (6.2%) in October.
Out of all 20,944 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (58.4%), Good Intent Call (13.5%), and Service Call (9.1%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Suwanee, GA
• 12,22458.4%Rescue & EMS
• 2,83013.5%Good Intent Call
• 1,9009.1%Service Call
• 1,5867.6%False Alarm
• 1,2656.0%Fire
• 1,0905.2%Hazardous Condition
• 230.1%Overpressure Rupture
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Outside Fires (44.1%), and Structure Fires (36.0%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Suwanee, GA
• 55844.1%Outside Fires
• 45636.0%Structure Fires
• 23818.8%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 131.0%Other