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Chapmanville: Fire Incidents, West Virginia (WV)

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

Based on the data from the years 2003 - 2018 the average number of fire incidents per year is 51. The highest number of reported fire incidents - 89 took place in 2008, and the least - 26 in 2004. The data has a rising trend.

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


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

Chapmanville:	12 minutes
Harts:	15 minutes
Logan:	4 minutes
Danville:	11 minutes
Wayne:	17 minutes
St. Albans:	7 minutes
South Charleston:	5 minutes
Hurricane:	11 minutes
Nitro:	5 minutes

40.9% incidents where reported in the morning and 59.1% in the evening. The most fires (16.4%) took place on Thursday, and the least (12.2%) on Tuesday.
According to the 819 fire incident reports from years 2003 - 2018 most fires (11.4%) took place during March, and the least (4.8%) in May.
Out of all 2,692 cases reported during the years 2003 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Fire (30.4%), Rescue & EMS (23.7%), and Hazardous Condition (19.5%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Chapmanville, WV
• 81930.4%Fire
• 63823.7%Rescue & EMS
• 52519.5%Hazardous Condition
• 35113.0%Service Call
• 27910.4%Good Intent Call
• 682.5%False Alarm
• 60.2%Severe Weather
• 50.2%Special Incident
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Structure Fires (56.7%), and Outside Fires (25.4%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Chapmanville, WV
• 46456.7%Structure Fires
• 20825.4%Outside Fires
• 11714.3%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 303.7%Other