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East Hampton: Fire Incidents, New York (NY)

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 40. The highest number of reported fires - 64 took place in 2018, and the least - 2 in 2010. The data has a rising trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 6 minutes. This is higher than the New York median value.


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

East Hampton:	6 minutes
Southampton:	4 minutes
Old Saybrook:	4 minutes
East Lyme:	6 minutes
Groton:	4 minutes
New London:	4 minutes
Waterford:	6 minutes
Clinton:	6 minutes
Mystic:	5 minutes

32.0% incidents where reported in the morning and 68.0% in the evening. The most fires (16.9%) took place on Saturday, and the least (11.2%) on Tuesday.
Based on the 679 fire incidents from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (11.0%) took place during January, and the least (6.6%) in April.
Out of all 6,034 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: False Alarm (44.3%), Good Intent Call (21.0%), and Hazardous Condition (18.1%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in East Hampton, NY
• 2,67144.3%False Alarm
• 1,27021.0%Good Intent Call
• 1,09118.1%Hazardous Condition
• 67911.3%Fire
• 2203.6%Rescue & EMS
• 981.6%Service Call
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Structure Fires (61.9%), and Outside Fires (26.1%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in East Hampton, NY
• 42061.9%Structure Fires
• 17726.1%Outside Fires
• 649.4%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 182.7%Other