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Buffalo: Fire Incidents, West Virginia (WV)

2005 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents

According to the data from the years 2005 - 2018 the average number of fire incidents per year is 15. The highest number of reported fire incidents - 46 took place in 2007, and the least - 4 in 2018. The data has a declining trend.

26.3% incidents where reported in the morning and 73.7% in the evening. The most fires (19.6%) took place on Saturday, and the least (10.5%) on Thursday.
Based on the 209 fire incidents from years 2005 - 2018 most fires (14.4%) took place during January, and the least (2.9%) in July.
Out of all 555 cases reported during the years 2005 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Hazardous Condition (39.3%), Fire (37.7%), and Rescue & EMS (11.5%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Buffalo, WV
• 21839.3%Hazardous Condition
• 20937.7%Fire
• 6411.5%Rescue & EMS
• 264.7%Good Intent Call
• 244.3%Service Call
• 81.4%Overpressure Rupture
• 40.7%Special Incident
• 20.4%False Alarm
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Structure Fires (51.7%), and Outside Fires (31.6%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Buffalo, WV
• 10851.7%Structure Fires
• 6631.6%Outside Fires
• 2411.5%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 115.3%Other