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Philippi: Fire Incidents, West Virginia (WV)

2004 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents

According to the data from the years 2004 - 2018 the average number of fires per year is 35. The highest number of fire incidents - 67 took place in 2015, and the least - 3 in 2004. The data has a growing trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 13 minutes. This is higher compared to the West Virginia median value.


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

Philippi:	13 minutes
Belington:	9 minutes
Grafton:	10 minutes
Buckhannon:	12 minutes
Bridgeport:	8 minutes
Clarksburg:	6 minutes
Elkins:	8 minutes
Shinnston:	11 minutes
Fairmont:	9 minutes

30.6% incidents where reported in the morning and 69.4% in the evening. The most fires (18.3%) took place on Tuesday, and the least (11.5%) on Wednesday.
Based on the 529 incident reports from years 2004 - 2018 most fires (13.2%) took place during April, and the least (4.3%) in July.
Out of all 2,682 cases reported during the years 2004 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Hazardous Condition (32.5%), Fire (19.7%), and Rescue & EMS (15.9%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Philippi, WV
• 87232.5%Hazardous Condition
• 52919.7%Fire
• 42615.9%Rescue & EMS
• 38614.4%Good Intent Call
• 37013.8%Service Call
• 903.4%False Alarm
• 50.2%Overpressure Rupture
• 30.1%Severe Weather
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Structure Fires (54.1%), and Outside Fires (23.8%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Philippi, WV
• 28654.1%Structure Fires
• 12623.8%Outside Fires
• 7213.6%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 458.5%Other