Elkview: Fire Incidents, West Virginia (WV)
Where are fire incidents reported in Elkview, WV
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2004 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents
- Incident types reported to NFIRS in Elkview, WV
- 63036.5%Fire
- 48227.9%Rescue & EMS
- 23613.7%Hazardous Condition
- 20511.9%Good Intent Call
- 1025.9%False Alarm
- 553.2%Service Call
- 110.6%Special Incident
- 50.3%Overpressure Rupture
- 20.1%Severe Weather
- Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Elkview, WV
- 38461.0%Structure Fires
- 13120.8%Outside Fires
- 9915.7%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
- 162.5%Other
According to the data from the years 2004 - 2018 the average number of fire incidents per year is 42. The highest number of reported fire incidents - 67 took place in 2011, and the least - 6 in 2004. The data has an increasing trend.
The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 15 minutes. This is higher compared to the West Virginia median value.
The median response time in Elkview, WV compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for all years, including only cities with at least 500 fire incidents)
The median response time in Elkview, WV compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for all years, including only cities with at least 500 fire incidents)
Elkview: | 15 minutes |
Clendenin: | 15 minutes |
Sissonville: | 15 minutes |
Charleston: | 6 minutes |
South Charleston: | 5 minutes |
Cross Lanes: | 10 minutes |
Poca: | 10 minutes |
St. Albans: | 7 minutes |
Nitro: | 5 minutes |
36.3% incidents where reported in the morning and 63.7% in the evening. The most fires (17.0%) took place on Saturday, and the least (10.3%) on Thursday.
Based on the 630 incident reports from years 2004 - 2018 most fires (13.0%) took place during March, and the least (5.9%) in September.
Out of all 1,728 cases reported during the years 2004 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Fire (36.5%), Rescue & EMS (27.9%), and Hazardous Condition (13.7%).
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Structure Fires (61.0%), and Outside Fires (20.8%).