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Chesapeake: Fire Incidents, West Virginia (WV)

2002 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents

According to the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fires per year is 14. The highest number of reported fires - 37 took place in 2004, and the least - 0 in 2012. The data has an increasing trend.

39.1% incidents where reported in the morning and 60.9% in the evening. The most fires (17.8%) took place on Sunday, and the least (12.2%) on Tuesday.
According to the 230 fire incidents from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (11.3%) took place during August, and the least (5.2%) in February.
Out of all 667 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Fire (34.5%), Hazardous Condition (32.7%), and Rescue & EMS (20.5%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Chesapeake, WV
• 23034.5%Fire
• 21832.7%Hazardous Condition
• 13720.5%Rescue & EMS
• 324.8%Good Intent Call
• 294.3%Service Call
• 182.7%False Alarm
• 30.4%Overpressure Rupture
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Structure Fires (63.9%), and Outside Fires (20.9%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Chesapeake, WV
• 14763.9%Structure Fires
• 4820.9%Outside Fires
• 2812.2%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 73.0%Other