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Rome: 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 fires per year is 394. The highest number of reported fire incidents - 637 took place in 2006, and the least - 11 in 2004. The data has a rising trend.


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

Rome:	120.7
Armuchee:	22.1
Cedartown:	110.4
Calhoun:	39.7
Cartersville:	188.9
Dallas:	203.0
La Fayette:	11.2
Acworth:	85.7
Kennesaw:	49.7

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 6 minutes. This is similar to the state median value.


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

Rome:	6 minutes
Adairsville:	9 minutes
Cedartown:	8 minutes
Summerville:	8 minutes
Rockmart:	8 minutes
Trion:	9 minutes
Gaylesville:	10 minutes
Calhoun:	6 minutes
Cartersville:	6 minutes

Based on the reports from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly deaths is 1. The highest number of deaths - 3 took place in 2005, and the lowest - 0 in 2002. The data has a constant trend. The average number of fatalities per 1,000 fire incidents is 1. This indicator was the highest - 6 in 2005, and the lowest 0 in 2002. The trend for fatalities per 1,000 incidents is constant. Compared to the Georgia value the number of deaths per 1,000 fire incidents is lower.


Deaths per 1,000 incidents in Rome, GA compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for all years, including only cities with at least 2,500 fire incidents)

Rome:	1.6
Cedartown:	1.6
Cartersville:	3.1
Dallas:	1.7
Acworth:	0.7
Kennesaw:	4.7
Dalton:	3.3
Canton:	0.7
Villa Rica:	1.2

Based on the reports from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly casualties is 4. The highest number of injuries - 13 took place in 2011, and the lowest - 0 in 2002. The data has a rising trend. The average number of casualties per 1,000 fire incidents is 7. This indicator was the highest - 25 in 2012, and the lowest 0 in 2002. The trend for casualties per 1,000 incidents is rising. Compared to the state value the number of casualties per 1,000 incidents is about the same.



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

Rome:	9.4
Adairsville:	18.9
Cedartown:	6.3
Summerville:	0.0
Rockmart:	5.8
Trion:	2.4
Gaylesville:	1.4
Calhoun:	4.2
Cartersville:	14.7

26.3% incidents where reported in the morning and 73.7% in the evening. The most fires (15.3%) took place on Saturday, and the least (13.5%) on Tuesday.
According to the 6,701 fire incident reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (10.0%) took place during March, and the least (7.4%) in May.
Out of all 31,612 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (27.8%), Fire (21.2%), and Hazardous Condition (18.1%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Rome, GA
• 8,77627.8%Rescue & EMS
• 6,70121.2%Fire
• 5,72518.1%Hazardous Condition
• 3,60511.4%Good Intent Call
• 3,39710.7%Service Call
• 3,0779.7%False Alarm
• 1290.4%Special Incident
• 1050.3%Overpressure Rupture
• 970.3%Severe Weather
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Outside Fires (50.9%), and Structure Fires (32.4%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Rome, GA
• 3,41250.9%Outside Fires
• 2,17432.4%Structure Fires
• 1,08516.2%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 300.4%Other