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Chappaqua: Fire Incidents, New York (NY)

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

Based on the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire incidents per year is 29. The highest number of reported fires - 69 took place in 2008, and the least - 2 in 2009. The data has a declining trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 5 minutes. This is higher compared to the New York median value.


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

Chappaqua:	5 minutes
Bedford Hills:	4 minutes
Elmsford:	5 minutes
Yorktown:	6 minutes
Cortlandt:	7 minutes
White Plains:	4 minutes
Hartsdale:	4 minutes
Greenburgh:	6 minutes
Greenwich:	5 minutes

26.9% incidents where reported in the morning and 73.1% in the evening. The most fires (15.6%) took place on Wednesday, and the least (13.0%) on Saturday.
Based on the 501 incident reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (12.4%) took place during April, and the least (5.2%) in August.
Out of all 3,333 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Hazardous Condition (35.3%), False Alarm (33.0%), and Fire (15.0%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Chappaqua, NY
• 1,17535.3%Hazardous Condition
• 1,10133.0%False Alarm
• 50115.0%Fire
• 2166.5%Service Call
• 1925.8%Good Intent Call
• 1223.7%Rescue & EMS
• 200.6%Overpressure Rupture
• 40.1%Severe Weather
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Structure Fires (67.1%), and Outside Fires (19.6%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Chappaqua, NY
• 33667.1%Structure Fires
• 9819.6%Outside Fires
• 5911.8%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 81.6%Other