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Washington: Fire Incidents, Virginia (VA)

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

According to the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fires per year is 70. The highest number of reported fires - 131 took place in 2007, and the least - 12 in 2002. The data has a rising trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 6 minutes. This is close to the state median value.


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

Washington:	6 minutes
Front Royal:	9 minutes
Luray:	8 minutes
Culpeper:	13 minutes
Marshall:	11 minutes
Warrenton:	8 minutes
Stanley:	7 minutes
Strasburg:	10 minutes
Woodstock:	9 minutes

31.8% incidents where reported in the morning and 68.2% in the evening. The most fires (15.6%) took place on Wednesday, and the least (11.4%) on Thursday.
Based on the 1,182 reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (13.0%) took place during April, and the least (5.7%) in October.
Out of all 12,288 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (51.1%), Good Intent Call (15.1%), and Hazardous Condition (12.3%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Washington, VA
• 6,27951.1%Rescue & EMS
• 1,85115.1%Good Intent Call
• 1,51312.3%Hazardous Condition
• 1,1829.6%Fire
• 9978.1%False Alarm
• 4223.4%Service Call
• 310.3%Special Incident
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Outside Fires (54.7%), and Structure Fires (25.1%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Washington, VA
• 64654.7%Outside Fires
• 29725.1%Structure Fires
• 15012.7%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 897.5%Other