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Newville: 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 fires per year is 52. The highest number of reported fire incidents - 123 took place in 2009, and the least - 8 in 2004. The data has a rising trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 11 minutes. This is higher compared to the state median value.


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

Newville:	11 minutes
Shippensburg:	7 minutes
Carlisle:	7 minutes
Fayetteville:	7 minutes
Dillsburg:	10 minutes
Chambersburg:	6 minutes
Mechanicsburg:	9 minutes
Duncannon:	11 minutes
Gettysburg:	11 minutes

36.2% incidents where reported in the morning and 63.8% in the evening. The most fires (16.5%) took place on Tuesday, and the least (11.1%) on Saturday.
According to the 784 fires from years 2004 - 2018 most fires (13.3%) took place during March, and the least (4.6%) in September.
Out of all 1,689 cases reported during the years 2004 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Fire (46.4%), Rescue & EMS (18.2%), and Good Intent Call (16.7%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Newville, PA
• 78446.4%Fire
• 30718.2%Rescue & EMS
• 28216.7%Good Intent Call
• 1629.6%Hazardous Condition
• 935.5%Service Call
• 432.5%False Alarm
• 120.7%Severe Weather
• 50.3%Overpressure Rupture
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Structure Fires (49.5%), and Outside Fires (32.9%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Newville, PA
• 38849.5%Structure Fires
• 25832.9%Outside Fires
• 8410.7%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 546.9%Other