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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
1Atlanta▼821862541551
2Macon▲786914760688
3Augusta▼355380327420
4Rome▲343299227202
5Lawrenceville▲32415274134
6Columbus▼313314261336
7Cobb County▼31239435320
8Decatur▲287293266261
9Dalton▲256236177138
10Athens▲211284182179

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 County▲2662519119
2Columbus▲14415310685
3Augusta▲131234152145
4Decatur▲1031086564
5Atlanta▲9215212838
6Carrollton▲90623612
7Brunswick▲87725231
8Lithonia▼86893242
9Valdosta↔86866074
10LaGrange▲841036456

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
1Camilla▲4101
2Augusta↔3372
3Carrollton▲2100
4Macon▼2305
5Bainbridge↔1211
6Cobb County▲1010
7Columbus▲1000
8Dawsonville▲1000
9Hephzibah▲1000
10Kingsland▲1000

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
1Kingsland▲1000
2Acworth↔0000
3Adairsville↔0000
4Adel↔0000
5Albany↔0000
6Alpharetta↔0000
7Americus↔0000
8Appling↔0000
9Athens↔0000
10Atlanta↔0000

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
1Norcross↔10001
2Cobb County▼91106
3Dalton▲9687
4Gainesville▲9532
5Cumming▲8111
6Lawrenceville▲8105
7Macon↔7366
8Riverdale▲7201
9Atlanta▲6542
10Lithonia▲6101

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
1Augusta▲11325
2Atlanta▼4561
3Valdosta▲4110
4Gainesville▲3160
5Riverdale▲3111
6Stone Mountain↔3011
7Adel▲2000
8Blue Ridge▲2000
9Cobb County▼2603
10Hephzibah▲2200

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.