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Portsmouth: Fire Incidents, Rhode Island (RI)

2008 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents

Based on the data from the years 2008 - 2018 the average number of fire incidents per year is 34. The highest number of fires - 61 took place in 2010, and the least - 2 in 2008. The data has a growing trend.

The average number of yearly fire incidents per 10k residents in Portsmouth, RI compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for the last 3 years, including only cities with population 5,000 and above)
Portsmouth:	14.0
Tiverton:	43.7
Bristol:	54.8
Middletown:	27.0
Jamestown:	16.7
Newport:	19.2
North Kingstown:	5.3
Barrington:	5.4
Warwick:	0.3

According to the data from the years 2008 - 2018 the average number of fire-related casualties per year is 1. The highest number of injuries - 3 took place in 2009, and the lowest - 0 in 2008. The data has a constant trend.
34.1% incidents where reported in the morning and 65.9% in the evening. The most fires (17.5%) took place on Wednesday, and the least (11.6%) on Saturday.
According to the 378 fire incidents from years 2008 - 2018 most fires (13.8%) took place during August, and the least (4.8%) in September.
Out of all 8,262 cases reported during the years 2008 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Overpressure Rupture (64.6%), Good Intent Call (12.4%), and Hazardous Condition (7.2%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Portsmouth, RI
• 5,33464.6%Rescue & EMS
• 1,02512.4%False Alarm
• 5957.2%Service Call
• 4986.0%Hazardous Condition
• 3894.7%Good Intent Call
• 3784.6%Fire
• 420.5%Special Incident
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Structure Fires (57.9%), and Outside Fires (21.2%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Portsmouth, RI
• 21957.9%Structure Fires
• 8021.2%Outside Fires
• 4812.7%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 318.2%Other