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Hedgesville: Fire Incidents, West Virginia (WV)

2003 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents

According to the data from the years 2003 - 2018 the average number of fires per year is 48. The highest number of fire incidents - 74 took place in 2016, and the least - 7 in 2003. The data has a rising trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 18 minutes. This is higher compared to the West Virginia median value.


The median response time in Hedgesville, WV compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for all years, including only cities with at least 500 fire incidents)

Hedgesville:	18 minutes
Falling Waters:	14 minutes
Martinsburg:	7 minutes
Clear Spring:	12 minutes
Williamsport:	8 minutes
Shepherdstown:	11 minutes
Inwood:	10 minutes
Hancock:	11 minutes
Sharpsburg:	9 minutes

31.8% incidents where reported in the morning and 68.2% in the evening. The most fires (16.8%) took place on Monday, and the least (11.3%) on Thursday.
According to the 767 fire incidents from years 2003 - 2018 most fires (14.1%) took place during April, and the least (3.9%) in May.
Out of all 1,878 cases reported during the years 2003 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Fire (40.8%), Service Call (28.2%), and Overpressure Rupture (12.8%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Hedgesville, WV
• 76740.8%Fire
• 52928.2%Good Intent Call
• 24112.8%Rescue & EMS
• 1799.5%Hazardous Condition
• 1035.5%Service Call
• 552.9%False Alarm
• 20.1%Severe Weather
• 20.1%Special Incident
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Structure Fires (51.0%), and Outside Fires (38.5%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Hedgesville, WV
• 39151.0%Structure Fires
• 29538.5%Outside Fires
• 688.9%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 131.7%Other