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Boston: Fire Incidents, New York (NY)

2002 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents

Based on the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fires per year is 24. The highest number of reported fire incidents - 45 took place in 2008, and the least - 6 in 2005. The data has a dropping trend.

The average number of yearly fire incidents per 10k residents in Boston, NY compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for the last 3 years, including only cities with population 5,000 and above)
Boston:	30.7
Hamburg:	177.0
Concord:	2.4
East Aurora:	27.7
Lackawanna:	37.7
West Seneca:	37.2
Elma:	14.1
Collins:	12.1
Evans:	3.5

39.7% incidents where reported in the morning and 60.3% in the evening. The most fires (18.2%) took place on Saturday, and the least (11.2%) on Friday.
Based on the 411 incident reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (12.4%) took place during March, and the least (5.4%) in October.
Out of all 1,559 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Fire (26.4%), Hazardous Condition (23.6%), and Rescue & EMS (21.2%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Boston, NY
• 41126.4%Fire
• 36823.6%Hazardous Condition
• 33121.2%Rescue & EMS
• 19712.6%Good Intent Call
• 1187.6%False Alarm
• 1107.1%Service Call
• 151.0%Severe Weather
• 60.4%Overpressure Rupture
• 30.2%Special Incident
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Structure Fires (68.6%), and Outside Fires (13.1%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Boston, NY
• 28268.6%Structure Fires
• 5413.1%Outside Fires
• 5012.2%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 256.1%Other