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West Fargo: Fire Incidents, North Dakota (ND)

2002 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents

Based on the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fires per year is 39. The highest number of reported fires - 83 took place in 2018, and the least - 3 in 2017. The data has a growing trend.


The average number of yearly fire incidents per 10k residents in West Fargo, ND compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for the last 3 years, including only cities with population 5,000 and above)

West Fargo:	15.5
Fargo:	19.1
Wahpeton:	32.1

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 6 minutes. This is lower compared to the North Dakota median value.


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

West Fargo:	6 minutes
Fargo:	5 minutes
Moorhead:	5 minutes

29.2% incidents where reported in the morning and 70.8% in the evening. The most fires (16.8%) took place on Saturday, and the least (12.2%) on Sunday.
Based on the 662 reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (13.9%) took place during April, and the least (5.4%) in January.
Out of all 3,176 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (31.3%), Fire (20.8%), and Hazardous Condition (15.6%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in West Fargo, ND
• 99531.3%Rescue & EMS
• 66220.8%Fire
• 49615.6%Hazardous Condition
• 45614.4%False Alarm
• 41112.9%Good Intent Call
• 1314.1%Service Call
• 190.6%Special Incident
• 40.1%Overpressure Rupture
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Structure Fires (38.1%), and Outside Fires (34.4%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in West Fargo, ND
• 25238.1%Structure Fires
• 22834.4%Outside Fires
• 15423.3%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 284.2%Other