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Broomall: Fire Incidents, Pennsylvania (PA)

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

According to the data from the years 2004 - 2018 the average number of fire incidents per year is 70. The highest number of fires - 93 took place in 2012, and the least - 9 in 2004. The data has an increasing trend.


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

Broomall:	53.4
Drexel Hill:	16.8
Springfield:	14.6
Ardmore:	11.8
Media:	151.6
Clifton Heights:	46.0
Lansdowne:	63.3
Swarthmore:	52.1
Darby Township:	6.2

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 6 minutes. This is about the same as the state median value.


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

Broomall:	6 minutes
Media:	6 minutes
Collingdale:	4 minutes
Yeadon:	5 minutes
Darby:	5 minutes
Berwyn:	8 minutes
Brookhaven:	3 minutes
Conshohocken:	5 minutes
King of Prussia:	8 minutes

According to the data from the years 2004 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly casualties is 0. The highest number of injuries - 2 took place in 2007, and the lowest - 0 in 2004. The data has a constant trend. The average number of casualties per 1,000 fires is 5. This indicator was the highest - 30 in 2007, and the lowest 0 in 2004. The trend for injuries per 1,000 fires is constant. Compared to the Pennsylvania value the number of injuries per 1,000 fire incidents is about the same.



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

Broomall:	5.7
Media:	0.0
Collingdale:	1.5
Yeadon:	1.2
Darby:	0.0
Berwyn:	1.7
Brookhaven:	4.0
Conshohocken:	6.0
King of Prussia:	2.0

30.9% incidents where reported in the morning and 69.1% in the evening. The most fires (16.5%) took place on Monday, and the least (12.7%) on Friday.
According to the 1,045 fire incidents from years 2004 - 2018 most fires (10.6%) took place during May, and the least (6.3%) in December.
Out of all 3,946 cases reported during the years 2004 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Hazardous Condition (31.2%), Fire (26.5%), and Good Intent Call (17.6%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Broomall, PA
• 1,23131.2%Hazardous Condition
• 1,04526.5%Fire
• 69617.6%Good Intent Call
• 61415.6%False Alarm
• 2486.3%Rescue & EMS
• 822.1%Service Call
• 260.7%Overpressure Rupture
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Structure Fires (50.9%), and Outside Fires (25.9%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Broomall, PA
• 53250.9%Structure Fires
• 27125.9%Outside Fires
• 17917.1%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 636.0%Other