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Stony Brook: Fire Incidents, New York (NY)

2003 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents

Based on the data from the years 2003 - 2018 the average number of fire incidents per year is 14. The highest number of fires - 33 took place in 2015, and the least - 0 in 2005. The data has a rising trend.

The average number of yearly fire incidents per 10k residents in Stony Brook, NY compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for the last 3 years, including only cities with population 5,000 and above)
Stony Brook:	12.1
Centereach:	9.9
Lake Grove:	10.4
Terryville:	1.7
Nesconset:	32.4
Port Jefferson:	22.5
Selden:	31.9
Lake Ronkonkoma:	1.0
Smithtown:	18.5

Based on the reports from the years 2003 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly casualties is 1. The highest number of casualties - 3 took place in 2013, and the lowest - 0 in 2003. The data has a rising trend.
28.8% incidents where reported in the morning and 71.2% in the evening. The most fires (16.2%) took place on Saturday, and the least (11.4%) on Thursday.
According to the 229 fire incidents from years 2003 - 2018 most fires (11.8%) took place during May, and the least (3.9%) in March.
Out of all 5,228 cases reported during the years 2003 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (53.0%), False Alarm (21.9%), and Good Intent Call (9.7%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Stony Brook, NY
• 2,76953.0%Rescue & EMS
• 1,14421.9%False Alarm
• 5079.7%Good Intent Call
• 4358.3%Hazardous Condition
• 2294.4%Fire
• 1322.5%Service Call
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Structure Fires (55.0%), and Outside Fires (32.8%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Stony Brook, NY
• 12655.0%Structure Fires
• 7532.8%Outside Fires
• 219.2%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 73.1%Other