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McMechen: Fire Incidents, West Virginia (WV)

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 9. The highest number of reported fires - 25 took place in 2017, and the least - 1 in 2003. The data has an increasing trend.

43.2% incidents where reported in the morning and 56.8% in the evening. The most fires (22.6%) took place on Tuesday, and the least (11.0%) on Wednesday.
According to the 146 fire incident reports from years 2003 - 2018 most fires (14.4%) took place during July, and the least (2.7%) in November.
Out of all 397 cases reported during the years 2003 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Fire (36.8%), Hazardous Condition (32.2%), and Rescue & EMS (13.6%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in McMechen, WV
• 14636.8%Fire
• 12832.2%Hazardous Condition
• 5413.6%Rescue & EMS
• 297.3%Service Call
• 184.5%Good Intent Call
• 112.8%Severe Weather
• 102.5%False Alarm
• 10.3%Overpressure Rupture
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Structure Fires (74.0%), and Outside Fires (18.5%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in McMechen, WV
• 10874.0%Structure Fires
• 2718.5%Outside Fires
• 74.8%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 42.7%Other