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Westwood: Fire Incidents, New Jersey (NJ)

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

According to the data from the years 2003 - 2018 the average number of fires per year is 30. The highest number of reported fire incidents - 61 took place in 2004, and the least - 4 in 2017. The data has a decreasing trend.

The average number of yearly fire incidents per 10k residents in Westwood, NJ compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for the last 3 years, including only cities with population 5,000 and above)
Westwood:	7.2
Emerson:	24.5
Hillsdale:	21.9
Washington Township:	10.8
River Vale:	13.4
Oradell:	32.7
Woodcliff Lake:	6.2
Old Tappan:	13.5
Park Ridge:	11.3

According to the data from the years 2003 - 2018 the average number of fire-related casualties per year is 0. The highest number of injuries - 2 took place in 2004, and the lowest - 0 in 2003. The data has a constant trend.
31.6% incidents where reported in the morning and 68.4% in the evening. The most fires (17.8%) took place on Wednesday, and the least (9.8%) on Thursday.
Based on the 478 reports from years 2003 - 2018 most fires (13.4%) took place during April, and the least (4.4%) in August.
Out of all 1,831 cases reported during the years 2003 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Hazardous Condition (34.9%), False Alarm (28.3%), and Fire (26.1%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Westwood, NJ
• 63934.9%Hazardous Condition
• 51928.3%False Alarm
• 47826.1%Fire
• 1156.3%Good Intent Call
• 472.6%Service Call
• 261.4%Rescue & EMS
• 50.3%Overpressure Rupture
• 20.1%Severe Weather
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Structure Fires (68.0%), and Outside Fires (21.5%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Westwood, NJ
• 32568.0%Structure Fires
• 10321.5%Outside Fires
• 408.4%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 102.1%Other