South Orange: Fire Incidents, New Jersey (NJ)
Where are fire incidents reported in South Orange, NJ
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2003 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents
- Incident types reported to NFIRS in South Orange, NJ
- 2,19933.6%Hazardous Condition
- 1,78827.3%Service Call
- 1,00815.4%Fire
- 87513.4%False Alarm
- 3725.7%Special Incident
- 1442.2%Rescue & EMS
- 1392.1%Good Intent Call
- 200.3%Overpressure Rupture
- 70.1%Severe Weather
- Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in South Orange, NJ
- 81981.3%Structure Fires
- 12612.5%Outside Fires
- 555.5%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
- 80.8%Other
Based on the data from the years 2003 - 2018 the average number of fire incidents per year is 63. The highest number of reported fire incidents - 132 took place in 2010, and the least - 0 in 2004. The data has a rising trend.The average number of yearly fire incidents per 10k residents in South Orange, NJ compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for the last 3 years, including only cities with population 5,000 and above)
| South Orange: | 24.3 |
| Maplewood: | 42.0 |
| Orange: | 24.7 |
| Irvington: | 26.2 |
| East Orange: | 48.4 |
| West Orange: | 32.6 |
| Millburn: | 10.6 |
| Short Hills: | 49.6 |
| Union: | 27.8 |
The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 3 minutes. This is lower than the New Jersey median value.The median response time in South Orange, NJ compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for all years, including only cities with at least 500 fire incidents)
| South Orange: | 3 minutes |
| Maplewood: | 3 minutes |
| Orange: | 3 minutes |
| Irvington: | 3 minutes |
| East Orange: | 4 minutes |
| West Orange: | 5 minutes |
| Millburn: | 4 minutes |
| Short Hills: | 5 minutes |
| Union: | 5 minutes |
Based on the reports from the years 2003 - 2018 the average number of fire-related casualties per year is 1. The highest number of casualties - 5 took place in 2009, and the lowest - 0 in 2003. The data has a constant trend.
The average number of injuries per 1,000 fires is 6. This indicator was the highest - 49 in 2013, and the lowest 0 in 2003. The trend for casualties per 1,000 fire incidents is constant. Compared to the New Jersey value the number of casualties per 1,000 fires is about the same.Casualties per 1,000 incidents in South Orange, NJ compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for all years, including only cities with at least 500 fire incidents)
| South Orange: | 8.9 |
| Maplewood: | 18.6 |
| Orange: | 6.0 |
| Irvington: | 15.3 |
| East Orange: | 10.9 |
| West Orange: | 10.1 |
| Millburn: | 6.9 |
| Short Hills: | 7.0 |
| Union: | 26.2 |
31.2% incidents where reported in the morning and 68.8% in the evening. The most fires (16.5%) took place on Saturday, and the least (13.1%) on Thursday.
Based on the 1,008 fires from years 2003 - 2018 most fires (9.5%) took place during March, and the least (5.5%) in June.
Out of all 6,552 cases reported during the years 2003 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Hazardous Condition (33.6%), Service Call (27.3%), and Fire (15.4%).
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Structure Fires (81.3%), and Outside Fires (12.5%).