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Sound Beach: Fire Incidents, New York (NY)

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

Based on the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fires per year is 21. The highest number of reported fires - 44 took place in 2006, and the least - 1 in 2007. The data has a rising trend.

The average number of yearly fire incidents per 10k residents in Sound Beach, NY compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for the last 3 years, including only cities with population 5,000 and above)
Sound Beach:	28.0
Miller Place:	19.5
Rocky Point:	30.2
Mount Sinai:	17.9
Port Jefferson:	22.5
Coram:	17.3
Middle Island:	38.8
Terryville:	1.7
Ridge:	25.5

According to the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related casualties per year is 1. The highest number of injuries - 5 took place in 2004, and the lowest - 0 in 2002. The data has a constant trend.
32.1% incidents where reported in the morning and 67.9% in the evening. The most fires (18.6%) took place on Monday, and the least (10.1%) on Tuesday.
According to the 355 fires from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (11.5%) took place during November, and the least (5.9%) in June.
Out of all 3,188 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (63.0%), Fire (11.1%), and Hazardous Condition (8.6%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Sound Beach, NY
• 2,01063.0%Rescue & EMS
• 35511.1%Fire
• 2738.6%Hazardous Condition
• 2227.0%False Alarm
• 1936.1%Good Intent Call
• 1153.6%Service Call
• 140.4%Severe Weather
• 50.2%Special Incident
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Structure Fires (67.6%), and Outside Fires (22.5%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Sound Beach, NY
• 24067.6%Structure Fires
• 8022.5%Outside Fires
• 257.0%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 102.8%Other