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Lester: Fire Incidents, West Virginia (WV)

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

According to the data from the years 2004 - 2018 the average number of fires per year is 9. The highest number of fires - 21 took place in 2011, and the least - 1 in 2004. The data has a growing trend.

29.7% incidents where reported in the morning and 70.3% in the evening. The most fires (24.6%) took place on Friday, and the least (8.0%) on Sunday.
Based on the 138 fire incidents from years 2004 - 2018 most fires (11.6%) took place during January, and the least (3.6%) in September.
Out of all 356 cases reported during the years 2004 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Fire (38.8%), Rescue & EMS (25.6%), and Overpressure Rupture (16.6%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Lester, WV
• 13838.8%Fire
• 9125.6%Hazardous Condition
• 5916.6%Rescue & EMS
• 308.4%Service Call
• 236.5%Good Intent Call
• 123.4%False Alarm
• 30.8%Special Incident
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Structure Fires (57.2%), and Outside Fires (26.1%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Lester, WV
• 7957.2%Structure Fires
• 3626.1%Outside Fires
• 1712.3%Other
• 64.3%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires