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Wayne: 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 32. The highest number of reported fires - 52 took place in 2014, and the least - 4 in 2003. The data has a growing trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 17 minutes. This is higher than the West Virginia median value.


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

Wayne:	17 minutes
Louisa:	8 minutes
Huntington:	5 minutes
Chesapeake:	12 minutes
Barboursville:	12 minutes
Proctorville:	12 minutes
South Point:	11 minutes
Catlettsburg:	7 minutes
Ashland:	4 minutes

34.9% incidents where reported in the morning and 65.1% in the evening. The most fires (16.1%) took place on Monday, and the least (11.6%) on Thursday.
Based on the 516 fire incidents from years 2003 - 2018 most fires (13.4%) took place during March, and the least (4.5%) in January.
Out of all 1,026 cases reported during the years 2003 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Fire (50.3%), Rescue & EMS (28.9%), and Hazardous Condition (8.1%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Wayne, WV
• 51650.3%Fire
• 29728.9%Rescue & EMS
• 838.1%Hazardous Condition
• 525.1%Service Call
• 484.7%Good Intent Call
• 272.6%False Alarm
• 20.2%Overpressure Rupture
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Structure Fires (57.2%), and Outside Fires (23.4%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Wayne, WV
• 29557.2%Structure Fires
• 12123.4%Outside Fires
• 8516.5%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 152.9%Other