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Yorktown: 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 112. The highest number of reported fire incidents - 190 took place in 2007, and the least - 9 in 2018. The data has a dropping trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 5 minutes. This is lower compared to the state median value.


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

Yorktown:	5 minutes
Poquoson:	4 minutes
Concord:	10 minutes
Williamsburg:	5 minutes
Newport News:	5 minutes
Hampton:	5 minutes
Smithfield:	7 minutes
Norfolk:	4 minutes
Portsmouth:	5 minutes

According to the reports from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly casualties is 3. The highest number of reported casualties - 9 took place in 2010, and the lowest - 0 in 2013. The data has a decreasing trend. The average number of injuries per 1,000 fires is 26. This indicator was the highest - 111 in 2018, and the lowest 0 in 2013. The trend for injuries per 1,000 fire incidents is rising. Compared to the state value the number of casualties per 1,000 incidents is higher.



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

Yorktown:	22.7
Poquoson:	17.4
Concord:	0.0
Williamsburg:	20.8
Newport News:	39.0
Hampton:	19.6
Smithfield:	4.9
Norfolk:	9.0
Portsmouth:	3.9

27.9% incidents where reported in the morning and 72.1% in the evening. The most fires (15.2%) took place on Monday, and the least (13.5%) on Thursday.
According to the 1,897 fires from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (13.6%) took place during March, and the least (6.3%) in December.
Out of all 25,230 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (48.8%), Service Call (13.7%), and Hazardous Condition (11.8%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Yorktown, VA
• 12,30748.8%Rescue & EMS
• 3,45513.7%Service Call
• 2,98711.8%Hazardous Condition
• 1,8977.5%Fire
• 1,6416.5%False Alarm
• 1,4715.8%Good Intent Call
• 1,2875.1%Special Incident
• 1590.6%Severe Weather
• 260.1%Overpressure Rupture
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Outside Fires (47.6%), and Structure Fires (30.2%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Yorktown, VA
• 90347.6%Outside Fires
• 57230.2%Structure Fires
• 37719.9%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 452.4%Other