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Adamsville: Fire Incidents, Alabama (AL)

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

According to the data from the years 2005 - 2018 the average number of fire incidents per year is 37. The highest number of fires - 66 took place in 2007, and the least - 10 in 2010. The data has a declining trend.

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


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

Adamsville:	5 minutes
Pleasant Grove:	4 minutes
Birmingham:	6 minutes
Midfield:	5 minutes
Tarrant:	3 minutes
Homewood:	6 minutes
Sumiton:	5 minutes
Bessemer:	5 minutes
Vestavia Hills:	4 minutes

Based on the data from the years 2005 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly casualties is 1. The highest number of casualties - 3 took place in 2012, and the lowest - 0 in 2007. The data has a dropping trend. The average number of injuries per 1,000 fire incidents is 15. This indicator was the highest - 100 in 2012, and the lowest 0 in 2007. The trend for casualties per 1,000 fires is decreasing. Compared to the Alabama value the number of injuries per 1,000 fire incidents is much higher.



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

Adamsville:	15.6
Pleasant Grove:	5.3
Birmingham:	5.1
Midfield:	0.0
Tarrant:	3.9
Homewood:	3.9
Sumiton:	5.1
Bessemer:	5.0
Vestavia Hills:	19.5

31.5% incidents where reported in the morning and 68.5% in the evening. The most fires (15.4%) took place on Friday, and the least (12.8%) on Saturday.
According to the 514 incident reports from years 2005 - 2018 most fires (10.5%) took place during January, and the least (6.4%) in December.
Out of all 3,622 cases reported during the years 2005 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (61.6%), Fire (14.2%), and Good Intent Call (9.1%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Adamsville, AL
• 2,23261.6%Rescue & EMS
• 51414.2%Fire
• 3309.1%Good Intent Call
• 3008.3%Service Call
• 1163.2%Hazardous Condition
• 1062.9%False Alarm
• 120.3%Severe Weather
• 60.2%Overpressure Rupture
• 60.2%Special Incident
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Structure Fires (41.6%), and Outside Fires (36.0%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Adamsville, AL
• 21441.6%Structure Fires
• 18536.0%Outside Fires
• 8115.8%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 346.6%Other