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Watervliet: 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 24. The highest number of reported fires - 48 took place in 2003, and the least - 2 in 2002. The data has a growing trend.

The average number of yearly fire incidents per 10k residents in Watervliet, NY compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for the last 3 years, including only cities with population 5,000 and above)
Watervliet:	23.5
Troy:	17.2
Cohoes:	42.8
Brunswick:	4.2
Rensselaer:	136.6
Albany:	50.8
Colonie:	120.5
Halfmoon:	15.6
Sand Lake:	6.4

33.5% incidents where reported in the morning and 66.5% in the evening. The most fires (16.3%) took place on Monday, and the least (13.0%) on Saturday.
Based on the 400 incident reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (11.0%) took place during April, and the least (4.3%) in October.
Out of all 11,003 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (57.2%), Hazardous Condition (11.1%), and Service Call (10.7%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Watervliet, NY
• 6,29157.2%Rescue & EMS
• 1,22211.1%Hazardous Condition
• 1,17410.7%Service Call
• 1,11310.1%False Alarm
• 7556.9%Good Intent Call
• 4003.6%Fire
• 260.2%Severe Weather
• 130.1%Overpressure Rupture
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Structure Fires (47.5%), and Outside Fires (23.5%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Watervliet, NY
• 19047.5%Structure Fires
• 9423.5%Outside Fires
• 7218.0%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 4411.0%Other