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Fire Incidents in Georgia (GA)

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This section offers an overview of all fire incidents in Georgia (GA). We analyzed the annual National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) Public Data Release files provided by the U.S. Fire Administration's (USFA) National Fire Data Center (NFDC) to get this data. Please note, this isn't a fire census. The input from the fire departments may contain human error but the proportion of fire incidents reported to NFIRS is large enough to make reasonable interferences.

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Noncontained Fire Incidents in Georgia (GA)

Noncontained fires demand detailed fire investigations so we've only accounted for those in this report. We haven't considered contained fires with no casualties or significant property loss for this section.

Georgia (GA) Fire Incidents (Top 10 Cities)

This table ranks Georgia (GA) cities based on the number of fire incidents. Atlanta ranks first with 821 incidents, while Gray ranked last, with 10 incidents.

PositionCity4Y Trend2023202220212020
1Atlanta821862541551
2Macon786914760688
3Augusta355380327420
4Rome343299227202
5Lawrenceville32415274134
6Columbus313314261336
7Cobb County31239435320
8Decatur287293266261
9Dalton256236177138
10Athens211284182179

Georgia (GA) Wildland Fire Incidents (Top 10 Cities)

This table ranks Georgia (GA) cities based on the number of wildland fires. Cobb County ranks first with 266 incidents, while Tallapoosa ranked last, with Loading incidents.

PositionCity4Y Trend2023202220212020
1Cobb County2662519119
2Columbus14415310685
3Augusta131234152145
4Decatur1031086564
5Atlanta9215212838
6Carrollton90623612
7Brunswick87725231
8Lithonia86893242
9Valdosta86866074
10LaGrange841036456

Georgia (GA) Arson Fire Incidents (Top 10 Cities)

This table ranks Georgia (GA) cities based on the number of intentional fires. Camilla ranks first with 4 incidents, while Wrens ranked last, with Loading incidents.

PositionCity4Y Trend2023202220212020
1Camilla4101
2Augusta3372
3Carrollton2100
4Macon2305
5Bainbridge1211
6Cobb County1010
7Columbus1000
8Dawsonville1000
9Hephzibah1000
10Kingsland1000

Georgia (GA) Juvenile Arson Fire Incidents (Top 10 Cities)

This table ranks Georgia (GA) cities based on the number of juvenile intentional fires. Kingsland ranks first with 1 incidents, while Wrens ranked last, with Loading incidents.

PositionCity4Y Trend2023202220212020
1Kingsland1000
2Acworth0000
3Adairsville0000
4Adel0000
5Albany0000
6Alpharetta0000
7Americus0000
8Appling0000
9Athens0000
10Atlanta0000

Georgia (GA) Fire Incidents with Civilian Casualties (Top 10 Cities)

This table ranks Georgia (GA) cities based on the number of fires with civilian casualties. Norcross ranks first with 10 incidents, while Wrens ranked last, with Loading incidents.

PositionCity4Y Trend2023202220212020
1Norcross10001
2Cobb County91106
3Dalton9687
4Gainesville9532
5Cumming8111
6Lawrenceville8105
7Macon7366
8Riverdale7201
9Atlanta6542
10Lithonia6101

Georgia (GA) Fire Incidents with Fire Service Casualties (Top 10 Cities)

This table ranks Georgia (GA) cities based on the number of fires with firefighter casualties. Augusta ranks first with 11 incidents, while Wrens ranked last, with Loading incidents.

PositionCity4Y Trend2023202220212020
1Augusta11325
2Atlanta4561
3Valdosta4110
4Gainesville3160
5Riverdale3111
6Stone Mountain3011
7Adel2000
8Blue Ridge2000
9Cobb County2603
10Hephzibah2200

Where is Fire Incident Data Coming From? NFIRS

The NFIRS is a reporting standard that fire departments use to uniformly report on the full range of their activities, from fire to emergency medical services (EMS) to equipment involved in the response.

Anyone analyzing the NFIRS data should note that NFIRS is neither a random sample nor a census of fire incidents or casualties in the United States. As such, the analyst may not accurately make estimates of total fires, fire losses, or fire casualties in the United States from NFIRS data alone. Similarly, statistical means (averages) or standard error measurements taken from NFIRS describe the population of fire incidents related to fire departments that participate in NFIRS but do not describe the population of fire incidents in the Nation as a whole. However, the proportion of fire incidents reported to NFIRS is large enough that reasonable inferences can be made that the proportions of fires in NFIRS are similar to the true national measurements.