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Hurricane: 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 70. The highest number of reported fire incidents - 123 took place in 2007, and the least - 24 in 2003. The data has a rising trend.


The average number of yearly fire incidents per 10k residents in Hurricane, WV compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for the last 3 years, including only cities with population 5,000 and above)

Hurricane:	93.8
Teays Valley:	4.8
Nitro:	89.7
Cross Lanes:	64.7
Dunbar:	32.3
South Charleston:	38.8
Charleston:	174.3
Huntington:	94.2

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 11 minutes. This is close to the state median value.


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

Hurricane:	11 minutes
Milton:	11 minutes
Nitro:	5 minutes
Poca:	10 minutes
St. Albans:	7 minutes
Cross Lanes:	10 minutes
Barboursville:	12 minutes
South Charleston:	5 minutes
Proctorville:	12 minutes

Based on the reports from the years 2003 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly casualties is 1. The highest number of reported injuries - 3 took place in 2008, and the lowest - 0 in 2006. The data has a decreasing trend. The average number of casualties per 1,000 fires is 9. This indicator was the highest - 42 in 2003, and the lowest 0 in 2006. The trend for injuries per 1,000 fires is dropping. Compared to the West Virginia value the number of casualties per 1,000 incidents is similar.



Casualties per 1,000 incidents in Hurricane, WV compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for all years, including only cities with at least 500 fire incidents)

Hurricane:	7.2
Milton:	16.2
Nitro:	5.8
Poca:	1.4
St. Albans:	6.7
Cross Lanes:	11.8
Barboursville:	8.1
South Charleston:	7.7
Proctorville:	2.7

31.7% incidents where reported in the morning and 68.3% in the evening. The most fires (15.6%) took place on Wednesday, and the least (12.9%) on Monday.
Based on the 1,118 reports from years 2003 - 2018 most fires (9.9%) took place during March, and the least (6.7%) in June.
Out of all 6,346 cases reported during the years 2003 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (39.4%), Good Intent Call (19.9%), and Fire (17.6%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Hurricane, WV
• 2,50039.4%Rescue & EMS
• 1,26219.9%Good Intent Call
• 1,11817.6%Fire
• 70411.1%Hazardous Condition
• 3395.3%Service Call
• 3395.3%False Alarm
• 721.1%Special Incident
• 100.2%Severe Weather
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Structure Fires (53.2%), and Outside Fires (25.4%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Hurricane, WV
• 59553.2%Structure Fires
• 28425.4%Outside Fires
• 19317.3%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 464.1%Other