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West Paterson: Fire Incidents, New Jersey (NJ)

2003 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents

According to the data from the years 2003 - 2018 the average number of fire incidents per year is 15. The highest number of fires - 54 took place in 2007, and the least - 0 in 2012. The data has a decreasing trend.

The average number of yearly fire incidents per 10k residents in West Paterson, NJ compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for the last 3 years, including only cities with population 5,000 and above)
West Paterson:	0.9
Totowa:	76.8
Little Falls:	65.6
Paterson:	52.0
Clifton:	22.3
Haledon:	23.2
Cedar Grove:	13.1
Prospect Park:	16.3
Upper Montclair:	11.2

Based on the reports from the years 2003 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly casualties is 0. The highest number of reported injuries - 1 took place in 2003, and the lowest - 0 in 2005. The data has a declining trend.
28.5% incidents where reported in the morning and 71.5% in the evening. The most fires (19.1%) took place on Monday, and the least (11.5%) on Friday.
According to the 235 reports from years 2003 - 2018 most fires (12.8%) took place during November, and the least (3.8%) in February.
Out of all 516 cases reported during the years 2003 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (47.7%), Fire (45.5%), and Good Intent Call (3.3%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in West Paterson, NJ
• 24647.7%Hazardous Condition
• 23545.5%Fire
• 173.3%False Alarm
• 101.9%Service Call
• 30.6%Rescue & EMS
• 30.6%Special Incident
• 10.2%Good Intent Call
• 10.2%Severe Weather
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Structure Fires (49.4%), and Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires (23.0%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in West Paterson, NJ
• 11649.4%Structure Fires
• 5423.0%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 5021.3%Outside Fires
• 156.4%Other