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Birch River: Fire Incidents, West Virginia (WV)

2006 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents

According to the data from the years 2006 - 2018 the average number of fires per year is 16. The highest number of fires - 30 took place in 2014, and the least - 9 in 2006. The data has an increasing trend.

29.7% incidents where reported in the morning and 70.3% in the evening. The most fires (22.5%) took place on Saturday, and the least (10.5%) on Thursday.
Based on the 209 fires from years 2006 - 2018 most fires (15.8%) took place during April, and the least (3.8%) in June.
Out of all 538 cases reported during the years 2006 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Fire (38.8%), Overpressure Rupture (28.4%), and Rescue & EMS (12.3%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Birch River, WV
• 20938.8%Fire
• 15328.4%Rescue & EMS
• 6612.3%Hazardous Condition
• 539.9%Good Intent Call
• 448.2%Service Call
• 71.3%Severe Weather
• 50.9%False Alarm
• 10.2%Special Incident
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Structure Fires (58.4%), and Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires (22.5%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Birch River, WV
• 12258.4%Structure Fires
• 4722.5%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 3617.2%Outside Fires
• 41.9%Other