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Hopatcong: Fire Incidents, New Jersey (NJ)

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

According to the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire incidents per year is 16. The highest number of reported fires - 79 took place in 2006, and the least - 0 in 2003. The data has a dropping trend.

The average number of yearly fire incidents per 10k residents in Hopatcong, NJ compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for the last 3 years, including only cities with population 5,000 and above)
Hopatcong:	7.3
Mount Arlington:	23.7
Succasunna:	19.3
Wharton:	24.2
Budd Lake:	78.4
Dover:	64.8
Rockaway:	57.6
Newton:	20.3
Hackettstown:	32.5

Based on the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly casualties is 0. The highest number of reported casualties - 1 took place in 2010, and the lowest - 0 in 2002. The data has a constant trend.
32.7% incidents where reported in the morning and 67.3% in the evening. The most fires (16.5%) took place on Monday, and the least (11.0%) on Friday.
According to the 272 fire incidents from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (15.4%) took place during March, and the least (3.7%) in September.
Out of all 600 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Fire (45.3%), Rescue & EMS (25.0%), and Good Intent Call (16.8%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Hopatcong, NJ
• 27245.3%Fire
• 15025.0%Hazardous Condition
• 10116.8%False Alarm
• 274.5%Service Call
• 233.8%Rescue & EMS
• 223.7%Good Intent Call
• 50.8%Special Incident
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Structure Fires (70.2%), and Outside Fires (15.4%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Hopatcong, NJ
• 19170.2%Structure Fires
• 4215.4%Outside Fires
• 228.1%Other
• 176.3%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires