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West Liberty: 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 fire incidents per year is 35. The highest number of reported fire incidents - 67 took place in 2009, and the least - 13 in 2016. The data has a decreasing trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 9 minutes. This is higher compared to the state median value.


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

West Liberty:	9 minutes
Bellefontaine:	6 minutes
Urbana:	8 minutes
Mechanicsburg:	9 minutes
Marysville:	8 minutes
Sidney:	8 minutes
Springfield:	6 minutes
Anna:	9 minutes
New Carlisle:	8 minutes

27.0% incidents where reported in the morning and 73.0% in the evening. The most fires (17.5%) took place on Saturday, and the least (11.9%) on Monday.
Based on the 589 incident reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (13.4%) took place during April, and the least (5.6%) in July.
Out of all 1,530 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Fire (38.5%), Rescue & EMS (24.3%), and Hazardous Condition (19.3%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in West Liberty, OH
• 58938.5%Fire
• 37224.3%Rescue & EMS
• 29519.3%Hazardous Condition
• 1127.3%False Alarm
• 915.9%Good Intent Call
• 553.6%Service Call
• 100.7%Severe Weather
• 40.3%Special Incident
• 20.1%Overpressure Rupture
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Outside Fires (51.6%), and Structure Fires (36.7%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in West Liberty, OH
• 30451.6%Outside Fires
• 21636.7%Structure Fires
• 6711.4%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 20.3%Other