Colonia: Fire Incidents, New Jersey (NJ)
Where are fire incidents reported in Colonia, NJ
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2003 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents
- Incident types reported to NFIRS in Colonia, NJ
- 1,63748.6%Hazardous Condition
- 52315.5%Fire
- 41012.2%False Alarm
- 2978.8%Good Intent Call
- 2497.4%Service Call
- 2357.0%Rescue & EMS
- 110.3%Special Incident
- 50.1%Severe Weather
- Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Colonia, NJ
- 26049.7%Structure Fires
- 16130.8%Outside Fires
- 6813.0%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
- 346.5%Other
According to the data from the years 2003 - 2018 the average number of fires per year is 33. The highest number of reported fire incidents - 52 took place in 2008, and the least - 10 in 2006. The data has a declining trend.The average number of yearly fire incidents per 10k residents in Colonia, NJ compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for the last 3 years, including only cities with population 5,000 and above)
| Colonia: | 16.5 |
| Iselin: | 22.5 |
| Avenel: | 25.3 |
| Clark: | 30.3 |
| Rahway: | 51.8 |
| Woodbridge: | 34.1 |
| Fords: | 1.1 |
| Metuchen: | 13.7 |
| Westfield: | 18.3 |
The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 5 minutes. This is close to the state median value.The median response time in Colonia, NJ compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for all years, including only cities with at least 500 fire incidents)
| Colonia: | 5 minutes |
| Iselin: | 5 minutes |
| Avenel: | 4 minutes |
| Clark: | 6 minutes |
| Rahway: | 3 minutes |
| Woodbridge: | 5 minutes |
| Westfield: | 3 minutes |
| Carteret: | 3 minutes |
| Linden: | 4 minutes |
According to the data from the years 2003 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly casualties is 0. The highest number of casualties - 1 took place in 2003, and the lowest - 0 in 2004. The data has a dropping trend.
The average number of injuries per 1,000 fires is 6. This indicator was the highest - 43 in 2005, and the lowest 0 in 2004. The trend for casualties per 1,000 fire incidents is declining. Compared to the state value the number of injuries per 1,000 incidents is lower.
24.9% incidents where reported in the morning and 75.1% in the evening. The most fires (17.2%) took place on Thursday, and the least (12.4%) on Monday.
Based on the 523 reports from years 2003 - 2018 most fires (10.5%) took place during May, and the least (5.5%) in February.
Out of all 3,370 cases reported during the years 2003 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Hazardous Condition (48.6%), Fire (15.5%), and False Alarm (12.2%).
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Structure Fires (49.7%), and Outside Fires (30.8%).