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Alderson: Fire Incidents, West Virginia (WV)

2004 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents

According to the data from the years 2004 - 2018 the average number of fire incidents per year is 36. The highest number of fire incidents - 53 took place in 2009, and the least - 8 in 2004. The data has a rising trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 12 minutes. This is comparable to the state median value.


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

Alderson:	12 minutes
Hinton:	9 minutes
Beckley:	5 minutes
Oak Hill:	9 minutes
Princeton:	8 minutes
Covington:	8 minutes
Blacksburg:	5 minutes
Summersville:	12 minutes
Radford:	5 minutes

32.3% incidents where reported in the morning and 67.7% in the evening. The most fires (17.9%) took place on Thursday, and the least (12.4%) on Wednesday.
Based on the 542 fire incidents from years 2004 - 2018 most fires (13.5%) took place during March, and the least (3.9%) in June.
Out of all 1,898 cases reported during the years 2004 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (32.9%), Fire (28.6%), and Good Intent Call (18.6%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Alderson, WV
• 62532.9%Rescue & EMS
• 54228.6%Fire
• 35318.6%Good Intent Call
• 21411.3%Hazardous Condition
• 653.4%Service Call
• 492.6%False Alarm
• 261.4%Severe Weather
• 231.2%Special Incident
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Structure Fires (52.0%), and Outside Fires (19.9%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Alderson, WV
• 28252.0%Structure Fires
• 10819.9%Outside Fires
• 8515.7%Other
• 6712.4%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires