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Melville: Fire Incidents, New York (NY)

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

Based on the data from the years 2005 - 2018 the average number of fire incidents per year is 20. The highest number of fires - 63 took place in 2006, and the least - 0 in 2010. The data has an increasing trend.

The average number of yearly fire incidents per 10k residents in Melville, NY compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for the last 3 years, including only cities with population 5,000 and above)
Melville:	9.8
Wheatley Heights:	6.8
Old Bethpage:	3.0
Wyandanch:	14.0
Woodbury:	23.2
Huntington Station:	17.0
Dix Hills:	2.2
Plainview:	9.3
Deer Park:	9.4

29.5% incidents where reported in the morning and 70.5% in the evening. The most fires (16.5%) took place on Monday, and the least (10.8%) on Wednesday.
According to the 278 reports from years 2005 - 2018 most fires (14.0%) took place during April, and the least (2.5%) in February.
Out of all 3,924 cases reported during the years 2005 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (52.3%), Good Intent Call (14.6%), and Hazardous Condition (12.1%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Melville, NY
• 2,05252.3%Rescue & EMS
• 57314.6%Good Intent Call
• 47312.1%Hazardous Condition
• 43811.2%False Alarm
• 2787.1%Fire
• 1062.7%Service Call
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Outside Fires (35.3%), and Structure Fires (29.9%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Melville, NY
• 9835.3%Outside Fires
• 8329.9%Structure Fires
• 8229.5%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 155.4%Other