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West Sand Lake: 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 30. The highest number of fires - 63 took place in 2009, and the least - 0 in 2003. The data has a rising trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 7 minutes. This is higher compared to the New York median value.


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

West Sand Lake:	7 minutes
Wynantskill:	8 minutes
Rensselaer:	4 minutes
Troy:	7 minutes
Nassau:	9 minutes
Albany:	5 minutes
Cohoes:	4 minutes
Waterford:	5 minutes
Delmar:	6 minutes

25.6% incidents where reported in the morning and 74.4% in the evening. The most fires (18.3%) took place on Tuesday, and the least (12.6%) on Thursday.
According to the 507 fire incidents from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (15.4%) took place during April, and the least (5.1%) in June.
Out of all 1,834 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Hazardous Condition (33.2%), Fire (27.6%), and Rescue & EMS (15.8%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in West Sand Lake, NY
• 60833.2%Hazardous Condition
• 50727.6%Fire
• 29015.8%Rescue & EMS
• 1689.2%Service Call
• 1307.1%False Alarm
• 1146.2%Good Intent Call
• 140.8%Severe Weather
• 20.1%Overpressure Rupture
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Structure Fires (57.6%), and Outside Fires (30.6%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in West Sand Lake, NY
• 29257.6%Structure Fires
• 15530.6%Outside Fires
• 377.3%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 234.5%Other