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Glens Falls: Fire Incidents, New York (NY)

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

According to the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fires per year is 62. The highest number of fires - 89 took place in 2003, and the least - 45 in 2011. The data has a dropping trend.


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

Glens Falls:	37.4
Queensbury:	42.2
Moreau:	11.1
Hudson Falls:	56.3
Kingsbury:	6.1
Northumberland:	2.0
Wilton:	11.3
Greenfield:	14.8
Saratoga Springs:	38.1

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 3 minutes. This is lower compared to the New York median value.


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

Glens Falls:	3 minutes
Queensbury:	5 minutes
Hudson Falls:	7 minutes
Lake George:	7 minutes
Saratoga Springs:	5 minutes
Mechanicville:	5 minutes
Clifton Park:	6 minutes
Halfmoon:	6 minutes

According to the reports from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly casualties is 3. The highest number of reported injuries - 6 took place in 2016, and the lowest - 0 in 2009. The data has a decreasing trend. The average number of casualties per 1,000 fire incidents is 42. This indicator was the highest - 98 in 2016, and the lowest 0 in 2009. The trend for casualties per 1,000 fires is dropping. Compared to the state value the number of injuries per 1,000 fire incidents is much higher.



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

Glens Falls:	42.5
Queensbury:	4.1
Hudson Falls:	6.7
Lake George:	4.7
Saratoga Springs:	13.0
Mechanicville:	9.4
Clifton Park:	6.7
Halfmoon:	6.8

36.6% incidents where reported in the morning and 63.4% in the evening. The most fires (15.8%) took place on Tuesday, and the least (13.4%) on Friday.
According to the 1,058 fire incidents from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (11.2%) took place during April, and the least (6.7%) in March.
Out of all 15,541 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (63.1%), Hazardous Condition (9.9%), and Service Call (8.1%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Glens Falls, NY
• 9,81263.1%Rescue & EMS
• 1,5399.9%Hazardous Condition
• 1,2598.1%Service Call
• 1,2207.9%False Alarm
• 1,0586.8%Fire
• 6023.9%Good Intent Call
• 330.2%Severe Weather
• 160.1%Overpressure Rupture
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Structure Fires (62.9%), and Outside Fires (23.6%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Glens Falls, NY
• 66562.9%Structure Fires
• 25023.6%Outside Fires
• 12311.6%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 201.9%Other