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West Hartford: Fire Incidents, Connecticut (CT)

2003 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents

According to the data from the years 2003 - 2018 the average number of fires per year is 193. The highest number of reported fires - 240 took place in 2005, and the least - 147 in 2009. The data has a decreasing trend.


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

West Hartford:	28.3
Hartford:	39.1
Newington:	31.2
Bloomfield:	50.8
Wethersfield:	22.0
Farmington:	22.1
New Britain:	45.7
East Hartford:	37.3
Avon:	25.6

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 4 minutes. This is lower compared to the Connecticut median value.


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

West Hartford:	4 minutes
Hartford:	4 minutes
Newington:	6 minutes
Bloomfield:	6 minutes
Wethersfield:	7 minutes
Farmington:	7 minutes
New Britain:	4 minutes
East Hartford:	4 minutes
Avon:	7 minutes

According to the data from the years 2003 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly deaths is 0. The highest number of deaths - 1 took place in 2003, and the lowest - 0 in 2005. The data has a decreasing trend. The average number of fatalities per 1,000 fire incidents is 2. This indicator was the highest - 6 in 2003, and the lowest 0 in 2005. The trend for fatalities per 1,000 fire incidents is decreasing. Compared to the Connecticut value the number of fatalities per 1,000 incidents is similar.


Deaths per 1,000 incidents in West Hartford, CT compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for all years, including only cities with at least 2,500 fire incidents)

West Hartford:	1.6
Hartford:	3.0
New Britain:	1.2
East Hartford:	1.1
Bristol:	1.5
Manchester:	1.7
Middletown:	0.9
Meriden:	1.6
Enfield:	2.5

Based on the reports from the years 2003 - 2018 the average number of fire-related casualties per year is 4. The highest number of reported casualties - 11 took place in 2004, and the lowest - 0 in 2003. The data has a constant trend. The average number of casualties per 1,000 fires is 17. This indicator was the highest - 48 in 2004, and the lowest 0 in 2003. The trend for casualties per 1,000 incidents is constant. Compared to the state value the number of injuries per 1,000 incidents is higher.



Casualties per 1,000 incidents in West Hartford, CT compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for all years, including only cities with at least 500 fire incidents)

West Hartford:	18.4
Hartford:	10.9
Newington:	2.6
Bloomfield:	26.3
Wethersfield:	21.5
Farmington:	17.2
New Britain:	21.0
East Hartford:	34.6
Avon:	7.6

28.7% incidents where reported in the morning and 71.3% in the evening. The most fires (14.9%) took place on Thursday, and the least (13.7%) on Tuesday.
According to the 3,090 fires from years 2003 - 2018 most fires (11.3%) took place during May, and the least (5.8%) in February.
Out of all 43,069 cases reported during the years 2003 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (49.6%), Hazardous Condition (22.0%), and False Alarm (8.8%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in West Hartford, CT
• 21,37949.6%Rescue & EMS
• 9,47322.0%Hazardous Condition
• 3,8098.8%False Alarm
• 3,6428.5%Service Call
• 3,0907.2%Fire
• 1,4853.4%Good Intent Call
• 930.2%Overpressure Rupture
• 630.1%Special Incident
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Structure Fires (48.1%), and Outside Fires (31.4%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in West Hartford, CT
• 1,48548.1%Structure Fires
• 97131.4%Outside Fires
• 43314.0%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 2016.5%Other