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Dunbar: Fire Incidents, West Virginia (WV)

2004 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents

According to the data from the years 2004 - 2018 the average number of fire incidents per year is 31. The highest number of reported fire incidents - 57 took place in 2008, and the least - 13 in 2013. The data has a dropping trend.

The average number of yearly fire incidents per 10k residents in Dunbar, WV compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for the last 3 years, including only cities with population 5,000 and above)
Dunbar:	32.3
South Charleston:	38.8
Cross Lanes:	64.7
Charleston:	174.3
Nitro:	89.7
Teays Valley:	4.8
Hurricane:	93.8

Based on the data from the years 2004 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly casualties is 0. The highest number of injuries - 1 took place in 2004, and the lowest - 0 in 2005. The data has a constant trend.
32.1% incidents where reported in the morning and 67.9% in the evening. The most fires (15.5%) took place on Saturday, and the least (12.3%) on Friday.
Based on the 470 fire incidents from years 2004 - 2018 most fires (10.2%) took place during May, and the least (5.7%) in July.
Out of all 5,364 cases reported during the years 2004 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (47.4%), Hazardous Condition (20.9%), and Good Intent Call (11.0%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Dunbar, WV
• 2,54147.4%Rescue & EMS
• 1,11920.9%Hazardous Condition
• 59211.0%Good Intent Call
• 4708.8%Fire
• 4037.5%False Alarm
• 2374.4%Service Call
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Structure Fires (54.7%), and Outside Fires (24.7%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Dunbar, WV
• 25754.7%Structure Fires
• 11624.7%Outside Fires
• 8918.9%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 81.7%Other