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Hopewell Junction: Fire Incidents, New York (NY)

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

Based on the data from the years 2003 - 2018 the average number of fires per year is 61. The highest number of fire incidents - 104 took place in 2015, and the least - 0 in 2005. The data has an increasing trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 9 minutes. This is much higher than the state median value.


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

Hopewell Junction:	9 minutes
Wappingers Falls:	6 minutes
Fishkill:	5 minutes
Beacon:	3 minutes
Poughkeepsie:	5 minutes
Pleasant Valley:	7 minutes
Newburgh:	3 minutes
Patterson:	9 minutes
New Windsor:	7 minutes

28.1% incidents where reported in the morning and 71.9% in the evening. The most fires (16.6%) took place on Saturday, and the least (12.8%) on Friday.
Based on the 982 fires from years 2003 - 2018 most fires (11.1%) took place during April, and the least (4.6%) in September.
Out of all 9,967 cases reported during the years 2003 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (64.5%), Hazardous Condition (10.6%), and Fire (9.9%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Hopewell Junction, NY
• 6,42864.5%Rescue & EMS
• 1,05210.6%Hazardous Condition
• 9829.9%Fire
• 9139.2%False Alarm
• 2942.9%Good Intent Call
• 2752.8%Service Call
• 160.2%Severe Weather
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Structure Fires (56.5%), and Outside Fires (24.1%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Hopewell Junction, NY
• 55556.5%Structure Fires
• 23724.1%Outside Fires
• 18018.3%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 101.0%Other