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Ball Ground: Fire Incidents, Georgia (GA)

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 51. The highest number of reported fire incidents - 79 took place in 2012, and the least - 0 in 2004. The data has a growing trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 9 minutes. This is higher than the Georgia median value.


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

Ball Ground:	9 minutes
Jasper:	9 minutes
Canton:	8 minutes
Milton:	6 minutes
Dawsonville:	8 minutes
Cumming:	7 minutes
Woodstock:	7 minutes
Alpharetta:	5 minutes
Roswell:	6 minutes

Based on the reports from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related casualties per year is 0. The highest number of reported casualties - 1 took place in 2010, and the lowest - 0 in 2002. The data has a constant trend. The average number of casualties per 1,000 fire incidents is 4. This indicator was the highest - 20 in 2015, and the lowest 0 in 2002. The trend for casualties per 1,000 fires is constant. Compared to the Georgia value the number of injuries per 1,000 fires is lower.



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

Ball Ground:	4.6
Jasper:	8.8
Canton:	1.1
Milton:	11.8
Dawsonville:	5.2
Cumming:	7.6
Woodstock:	3.1
Alpharetta:	10.5
Roswell:	19.4

26.4% incidents where reported in the morning and 73.6% in the evening. The most fires (15.4%) took place on Thursday, and the least (13.0%) on Monday.
Based on the 863 fires from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (11.4%) took place during January, and the least (5.4%) in May.
Out of all 5,863 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (51.1%), Fire (14.7%), and Hazardous Condition (12.1%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Ball Ground, GA
• 2,99451.1%Rescue & EMS
• 86314.7%Fire
• 70712.1%Hazardous Condition
• 59110.1%Good Intent Call
• 4768.1%Service Call
• 1702.9%False Alarm
• 420.7%Special Incident
• 140.2%Severe Weather
• 60.1%Overpressure Rupture
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Outside Fires (49.4%), and Structure Fires (33.0%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Ball Ground, GA
• 42649.4%Outside Fires
• 28533.0%Structure Fires
• 12614.6%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 263.0%Other