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Brooklyn: Fire Incidents, Connecticut (CT)

2002 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents

Based on the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fires per year is 35. The highest number of fires - 78 took place in 2016, and the least - 2 in 2002. The data has a rising trend.


The average number of yearly fire incidents per 10k residents in Brooklyn, CT compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for the last 3 years, including only cities with population 5,000 and above)

Brooklyn:	54.4
Killingly:	3.6
Plainfield:	14.5
Canterbury:	63.7
Putnam:	41.7
Woodstock:	18.8
Griswold:	76.7
Windham:	5.9
Thompson:	27.5

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 8 minutes. This is higher than the state median value.


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

Brooklyn:	8 minutes
Danielson:	9 minutes
Moosup:	8 minutes
Plainfield:	8 minutes
Putnam:	6 minutes
Griswold:	8 minutes
Willimantic:	4 minutes
Norwich:	4 minutes
Lebanon:	12 minutes

Based on the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related casualties per year is 0. The highest number of reported injuries - 1 took place in 2005, and the lowest - 0 in 2002. The data has a constant trend. The average number of injuries per 1,000 fire incidents is 4. This indicator was the highest - 24 in 2005, and the lowest 0 in 2002. The trend for casualties per 1,000 incidents is constant. Compared to the state value the number of injuries per 1,000 fires is much lower.



Casualties per 1,000 incidents in Brooklyn, CT compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for all years, including only cities with at least 500 fire incidents)

Brooklyn:	5.0
Danielson:	2.1
Moosup:	5.6
Plainfield:	2.8
Putnam:	5.3
Griswold:	8.9
Willimantic:	23.8
Norwich:	7.6
Lebanon:	8.0

30.4% incidents where reported in the morning and 69.6% in the evening. The most fires (17.7%) took place on Sunday, and the least (11.4%) on Tuesday.
Based on the 598 reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (11.7%) took place during April, and the least (5.0%) in October.
Out of all 5,303 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (73.3%), Fire (11.3%), and Hazardous Condition (5.4%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Brooklyn, CT
• 3,88573.3%Rescue & EMS
• 59811.3%Fire
• 2845.4%Hazardous Condition
• 2124.0%Good Intent Call
• 1993.8%False Alarm
• 1162.2%Service Call
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Structure Fires (61.5%), and Outside Fires (21.7%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Brooklyn, CT
• 36861.5%Structure Fires
• 13021.7%Outside Fires
• 6711.2%Other
• 335.5%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires