Nitro: Fire Incidents, West Virginia (WV)
Where are fire incidents reported in Nitro, WV
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2003 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents
- Incident types reported to NFIRS in Nitro, WV
- 2,91446.8%Rescue & EMS
- 1,02816.5%Fire
- 74912.0%Good Intent Call
- 6169.9%Hazardous Condition
- 4807.7%False Alarm
- 3705.9%Service Call
- 380.6%Special Incident
- 220.4%Severe Weather
- Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Nitro, WV
- 55854.3%Structure Fires
- 19719.2%Outside Fires
- 18918.4%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
- 848.2%Other
According to the data from the years 2003 - 2018 the average number of fires per year is 64. The highest number of reported fire incidents - 112 took place in 2007, and the least - 39 in 2012. The data has an increasing trend.The average number of yearly fire incidents per 10k residents in Nitro, WV compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for the last 3 years, including only cities with population 5,000 and above)
| Nitro: | 89.7 |
| Cross Lanes: | 64.7 |
| Dunbar: | 32.3 |
| Teays Valley: | 4.8 |
| South Charleston: | 38.8 |
| Hurricane: | 93.8 |
| Charleston: | 174.3 |
| Huntington: | 94.2 |
The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 5 minutes. This is much lower compared to the state median value.The median response time in Nitro, WV compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for all years, including only cities with at least 500 fire incidents)
| Nitro: | 5 minutes |
| St. Albans: | 7 minutes |
| Cross Lanes: | 10 minutes |
| Poca: | 10 minutes |
| South Charleston: | 5 minutes |
| Hurricane: | 11 minutes |
| Charleston: | 6 minutes |
| Sissonville: | 15 minutes |
| Milton: | 11 minutes |
According to the reports from the years 2003 - 2018 the average number of fire-related casualties per year is 0. The highest number of reported injuries - 1 took place in 2003, and the lowest - 0 in 2008. The data has a dropping trend.
The average number of injuries per 1,000 fires is 6. This indicator was the highest - 26 in 2012, and the lowest 0 in 2008. The trend for casualties per 1,000 incidents is decreasing. Compared to the West Virginia value the number of injuries per 1,000 fire incidents is similar.Casualties per 1,000 incidents in Nitro, WV compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for all years, including only cities with at least 500 fire incidents)
| Nitro: | 5.8 |
| St. Albans: | 6.7 |
| Cross Lanes: | 11.8 |
| Poca: | 1.4 |
| South Charleston: | 7.7 |
| Hurricane: | 7.2 |
| Charleston: | 5.2 |
| Sissonville: | 1.2 |
| Milton: | 16.2 |
32.9% incidents where reported in the morning and 67.1% in the evening. The most fires (16.6%) took place on Friday, and the least (11.0%) on Wednesday.
According to the 1,028 reports from years 2003 - 2018 most fires (9.7%) took place during April, and the least (5.4%) in September.
Out of all 6,221 cases reported during the years 2003 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (46.8%), Fire (16.5%), and Good Intent Call (12.0%).
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Structure Fires (54.3%), and Outside Fires (19.2%).