Jump to a detailed profile or search site with

Ghent: Fire Incidents, West Virginia (WV)

2004 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents

Based on the data from the years 2004 - 2018 the average number of fire incidents per year is 8. The highest number of reported fires - 17 took place in 2014, and the least - 0 in 2005. The data has an increasing trend.

35.3% incidents where reported in the morning and 64.7% in the evening. The most fires (19.8%) took place on Sunday, and the least (10.3%) on Saturday.
According to the 116 fires from years 2004 - 2018 most fires (10.3%) took place during January, and the least (2.6%) in May.
Out of all 813 cases reported during the years 2004 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (42.8%), Hazardous Condition (28.5%), and Fire (14.3%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Ghent, WV
• 34842.8%Rescue & EMS
• 23228.5%Hazardous Condition
• 11614.3%Fire
• 8710.7%Good Intent Call
• 151.8%Service Call
• 101.2%False Alarm
• 40.5%Severe Weather
• 10.1%Overpressure Rupture
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires (44.8%), and Structure Fires (39.7%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Ghent, WV
• 5244.8%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 4639.7%Structure Fires
• 1714.7%Outside Fires
• 10.9%Other