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Rockaway: Fire Incidents, New Jersey (NJ)

2002 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents

Based on the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire incidents per year is 38. The highest number of reported fires - 62 took place in 2014, and the least - 0 in 2003. The data has a decreasing trend.


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

Rockaway:	57.6
Dover:	64.8
Wharton:	24.2
Morris Plains:	79.7
Boonton:	25.8
Mount Arlington:	23.7
Succasunna:	19.3
Morristown:	43.7
Hopatcong:	7.3

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 8 minutes. This is higher than the New Jersey median value.


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

Rockaway:	8 minutes
Dover:	3 minutes
Morris Plains:	4 minutes
Morristown:	3 minutes
Kinnelon:	5 minutes
Fairfield:	5 minutes
Budd Lake:	0 minutes
West Caldwell:	3 minutes
Livingston:	0 minutes

Based on the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related casualties per year is 0. The highest number of injuries - 3 took place in 2008, and the lowest - 0 in 2003. The data has a declining trend. The average number of injuries per 1,000 fire incidents is 8. This indicator was the highest - 54 in 2008, and the lowest 0 in 2003. The trend for casualties per 1,000 fire incidents is dropping. Compared to the New Jersey value the number of injuries per 1,000 fires is about the same.



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

Rockaway:	9.2
Dover:	10.4
Morris Plains:	1.5
Morristown:	7.9
Kinnelon:	1.9
Fairfield:	0.0
Budd Lake:	2.3
West Caldwell:	7.6
Livingston:	5.2

30.1% incidents where reported in the morning and 69.9% in the evening. The most fires (15.5%) took place on Friday, and the least (13.0%) on Tuesday.
Based on the 652 incident reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (12.6%) took place during April, and the least (3.8%) in June.
Out of all 1,948 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Fire (33.5%), False Alarm (21.1%), and Hazardous Condition (20.9%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Rockaway, NJ
• 65233.5%Fire
• 41221.1%False Alarm
• 40720.9%Hazardous Condition
• 23812.2%Rescue & EMS
• 21811.2%Good Intent Call
• 110.6%Service Call
• 40.2%Severe Weather
• 40.2%Special Incident
• 20.1%Overpressure Rupture
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Structure Fires (55.2%), and Outside Fires (23.8%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Rockaway, NJ
• 36055.2%Structure Fires
• 15523.8%Outside Fires
• 11918.3%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 182.8%Other