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Ripley: 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 fires per year is 42. The highest number of reported fires - 76 took place in 2008, and the least - 11 in 2005. The data has a growing trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 14 minutes. This is higher compared to the state median value.


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

Ripley:	14 minutes
Ravenswood:	11 minutes
Spencer:	14 minutes
Sissonville:	15 minutes
Pomeroy:	8 minutes
Poca:	10 minutes
Gallipolis:	9 minutes
Cross Lanes:	10 minutes
Nitro:	5 minutes

31.4% incidents where reported in the morning and 68.6% in the evening. The most fires (16.2%) took place on Thursday, and the least (12.7%) on Sunday.
According to the 671 incident reports from years 2003 - 2018 most fires (14.2%) took place during March, and the least (4.5%) in December.
Out of all 2,323 cases reported during the years 2003 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (31.0%), Fire (28.9%), and Hazardous Condition (24.0%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Ripley, WV
• 72131.0%Rescue & EMS
• 67128.9%Fire
• 55724.0%Hazardous Condition
• 29112.5%Good Intent Call
• 401.7%Service Call
• 341.5%False Alarm
• 40.2%Overpressure Rupture
• 30.1%Severe Weather
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Structure Fires (55.9%), and Outside Fires (24.3%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Ripley, WV
• 37555.9%Structure Fires
• 16324.3%Outside Fires
• 11517.1%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 182.7%Other