Statewide public evidence profile · fire deaths 2020-2021

Pennsylvania

Data confidence: moderate (75/100)

Overall Fireground Index

Higher score = lower civilian fire-death rate.

Fire-death rate (5-year): 1.25; per 100,000 residents / yr
Civilian fire deaths: 815; 2020-2024 total
Population: 13,078,751; U.S. Census (2024)
Public sources: 2; 3 metrics used · 4 unavailable

Every value is drawn from an authoritative public source. The Overall score normalizes the one fire metric that is genuinely comparable across all counties — the civilian fire-death rate (Pennsylvania Vital Statistics deaths, per Census population). Where counties publish incident/response figures, we show them as sourced context; where no public source exists, we say so. Data Confidence reflects how much verifiable public evidence backs each county.

County-equivalents

67 counties

Confidence mix

3·60·4

high · moderate · limited

With incident data

counties publishing responses

County rankings

Pennsylvania counties by Overall Fireground Index

Ranked by the normalized civilian fire-death rate — the one comparable metric. Confidence flags where small counts or sparse reporting make a county's profile less certain. Select a county for its full evidence profile.

Pennsylvania counties ranked by Overall Fireground Index, with fire-death rate, five-year deaths, and data confidence.
Rank	County	Index	Fire-death rate	Deaths (5yr)	Confidence
1	Forest County6,601 pop.	71	0.00	0	limited
2	Montour County18,115 pop.	71	0.00	0	limited
3	Snyder County39,627 pop.	71	0.00	0	limited
4	Sullivan County5,927 pop.	71	0.00	0	limited
5	Centre County159,805 pop.	68	0.25	2	moderate
6	Cumberland County275,516 pop.	67	0.36	5	moderate
7	Chester County560,745 pop.	66	0.46	13	moderate
8	Huntingdon County43,359 pop.	66	0.46	1	moderate
9	Northampton County322,989 pop.	66	0.43	7	moderate
10	Delaware County584,882 pop.	65	0.51	15	moderate
11	Franklin County159,285 pop.	65	0.50	4	moderate
12	Warren County37,373 pop.	65	0.54	1	moderate
13	Montgomery County879,190 pop.	64	0.61	27	moderate
14	Adams County107,914 pop.	62	0.74	4	moderate
15	Wyoming County25,771 pop.	62	0.78	1	moderate
16	Beaver County165,540 pop.	61	0.85	7	moderate
17	Butler County199,341 pop.	61	0.90	9	moderate
18	Dauphin County293,029 pop.	61	0.89	13	moderate
19	Lancaster County563,293 pop.	61	0.85	24	high
20	Lehigh County385,655 pop.	61	0.83	16	moderate
21	Perry County46,816 pop.	61	0.85	2	moderate
22	Bucks County650,131 pop.	60	0.92	30	moderate
23	Allegheny County1,231,814 pop.	58	1.12	69	moderate
24	Erie County267,750 pop.	58	1.12	15	moderate
25	Berks County439,117 pop.	57	1.18	26	moderate

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