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Wellsville: Fire Incidents, Ohio (OH)

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 59. The highest number of fires - 102 took place in 2008, and the least - 36 in 2018. The data has a declining trend.

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


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

Wellsville:	6 minutes
East Liverpool:	5 minutes
Salineville:	10 minutes
Toronto:	8 minutes
Lisbon:	10 minutes
Steubenville:	3 minutes
East Palestine:	7 minutes
Mingo Junction:	6 minutes
Carrollton:	12 minutes

Based on the reports from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related casualties per year is 1. The highest number of casualties - 2 took place in 2002, and the lowest - 0 in 2003. The data has a decreasing trend. The average number of injuries per 1,000 fire incidents is 11. This indicator was the highest - 47 in 2002, and the lowest 0 in 2003. The trend for injuries per 1,000 fires is declining. Compared to the state value the number of casualties per 1,000 fire incidents is lower.



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

Wellsville:	10.0
East Liverpool:	8.2
Salineville:	7.4
Toronto:	11.2
Lisbon:	5.6
Steubenville:	16.9
East Palestine:	18.3
Mingo Junction:	40.9
Carrollton:	5.6

35.7% incidents where reported in the morning and 64.3% in the evening. The most fires (16.5%) took place on Saturday, and the least (11.6%) on Thursday.
According to the 997 reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (10.7%) took place during April, and the least (6.2%) in February.
Out of all 2,786 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Fire (35.8%), Hazardous Condition (26.2%), and Rescue & EMS (19.0%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Wellsville, OH
• 99735.8%Fire
• 73126.2%Hazardous Condition
• 52919.0%Rescue & EMS
• 30310.9%Service Call
• 762.7%False Alarm
• 662.4%Good Intent Call
• 531.9%Severe Weather
• 190.7%Special Incident
• 120.4%Overpressure Rupture
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Structure Fires (55.6%), and Outside Fires (25.2%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Wellsville, OH
• 55455.6%Structure Fires
• 25125.2%Outside Fires
• 18818.9%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 40.4%Other