Elmwood Park: Fire Incidents, New Jersey (NJ)
Where are fire incidents reported in Elmwood Park, NJ
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2003 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents
- Incident types reported to NFIRS in Elmwood Park, NJ
- 73630.8%Hazardous Condition
- 59524.9%Fire
- 59224.8%False Alarm
- 2128.9%Service Call
- 1345.6%Good Intent Call
- 873.6%Rescue & EMS
- 170.7%Overpressure Rupture
- 140.6%Special Incident
- 30.1%Severe Weather
- Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Elmwood Park, NJ
- 28748.2%Structure Fires
- 13923.4%Outside Fires
- 11018.5%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
- 599.9%Other
According to the data from the years 2003 - 2018 the average number of fires per year is 37. The highest number of reported fire incidents - 58 took place in 2018, and the least - 2 in 2003. The data has a growing trend.The average number of yearly fire incidents per 10k residents in Elmwood Park, NJ compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for the last 3 years, including only cities with population 5,000 and above)
| Elmwood Park: | 21.6 |
| Saddle Brook: | 26.1 |
| Garfield: | 12.0 |
| Fair Lawn: | 22.2 |
| Rochelle Park: | 26.5 |
| Paterson: | 52.0 |
| Lodi: | 24.5 |
| Maywood: | 5.8 |
| Clifton: | 22.3 |
The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 5 minutes. This is comparable to the state median value.The median response time in Elmwood Park, NJ compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for all years, including only cities with at least 500 fire incidents)
| Elmwood Park: | 5 minutes |
| Garfield: | 3 minutes |
| Fair Lawn: | 5 minutes |
| Paterson: | 4 minutes |
| Lodi: | 4 minutes |
| Clifton: | 5 minutes |
| Passaic: | 4 minutes |
| Hackensack: | 3 minutes |
| Hawthorne: | 5 minutes |
According to the reports from the years 2003 - 2018 the average number of fire-related casualties per year is 0. The highest number of reported casualties - 1 took place in 2004, and the lowest - 0 in 2003. The data has a rising trend.
The average number of injuries per 1,000 fires is 8. This indicator was the highest - 29 in 2004, and the lowest 0 in 2003. The trend for injuries per 1,000 fires is growing. Compared to the New Jersey value the number of injuries per 1,000 incidents is about the same.
32.4% incidents where reported in the morning and 67.6% in the evening. The most fires (16.8%) took place on Friday, and the least (11.9%) on Monday.
According to the 595 fire incident reports from years 2003 - 2018 most fires (10.4%) took place during January, and the least (6.4%) in December.
Out of all 2,390 cases reported during the years 2003 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Hazardous Condition (30.8%), Fire (24.9%), and False Alarm (24.8%).
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Structure Fires (48.2%), and Outside Fires (23.4%).