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Stratford: Fire Incidents, Connecticut (CT)

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 152. The highest number of reported fires - 259 took place in 2008, and the least - 0 in 2011. The data has a decreasing trend.


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

Stratford:	32.9
Bridgeport:	30.2
Milford:	21.3
Trumbull:	36.1
Fairfield:	22.6
Shelton:	16.1
Orange:	34.2
Derby:	47.0
Easton:	34.3

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 5 minutes. This is similar to the Connecticut median value.


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

Stratford:	5 minutes
Bridgeport:	4 minutes
Milford:	5 minutes
Trumbull:	6 minutes
Fairfield:	6 minutes
Shelton:	7 minutes
Orange:	5 minutes
Derby:	3 minutes
West Haven:	4 minutes

Based on the reports from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly deaths is 0. The highest number of deaths - 3 took place in 2009, and the lowest - 0 in 2004. The data has a constant trend. The average number of deaths per 1,000 fires is 3. This indicator was the highest - 25 in 2009, and the lowest 0 in 2004. The trend for fatalities per 1,000 fires is increasing. Compared to the Connecticut value the number of deaths per 1,000 fire incidents is higher.


Deaths per 1,000 incidents in Stratford, CT compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for all years, including only cities with at least 2,500 fire incidents)

Stratford:	2.7
Bridgeport:	2.5
Fairfield:	4.0
West Haven:	2.1
New Haven:	1.6
Hamden:	2.1
Norwalk:	2.0
Danbury:	1.7
Stamford:	1.3

Based on the reports from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related casualties per year is 2. The highest number of injuries - 10 took place in 2018, and the lowest - 0 in 2003. The data has a rising trend. The average number of injuries per 1,000 fires is 9. This indicator was the highest - 64 in 2018, and the lowest 0 in 2003. The trend for injuries per 1,000 incidents is growing. Compared to the state value the number of injuries per 1,000 incidents is about the same.



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

Stratford:	10.5
Bridgeport:	14.2
Milford:	13.2
Trumbull:	3.0
Fairfield:	21.6
Shelton:	21.4
Orange:	14.3
Derby:	15.3
West Haven:	13.6

28.0% incidents where reported in the morning and 72.0% in the evening. The most fires (16.3%) took place on Saturday, and the least (12.8%) on Friday.
Based on the 2,578 fire incident reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (10.4%) took place during August, and the least (6.4%) in February.
Out of all 34,985 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (61.0%), Hazardous Condition (11.1%), and False Alarm (8.3%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Stratford, CT
• 21,33861.0%Rescue & EMS
• 3,87211.1%Hazardous Condition
• 2,9108.3%False Alarm
• 2,6167.5%Service Call
• 2,5787.4%Fire
• 1,4574.2%Good Intent Call
• 1060.3%Overpressure Rupture
• 880.3%Special Incident
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Structure Fires (40.4%), and Outside Fires (36.2%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Stratford, CT
• 1,04240.4%Structure Fires
• 93336.2%Outside Fires
• 44517.3%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 1586.1%Other