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Emerson: 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 fires per year is 14. The highest number of reported fires - 32 took place in 2015, and the least - 2 in 2003. The data has a rising trend.

The average number of yearly fire incidents per 10k residents in Emerson, NJ compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for the last 3 years, including only cities with population 5,000 and above)
Emerson:	24.5
Westwood:	7.2
Oradell:	32.7
Washington Township:	10.8
Hillsdale:	21.9
Dumont:	20.0
New Milford:	8.2
River Vale:	13.4
Paramus:	4.6

34.2% incidents where reported in the morning and 65.8% in the evening. The most fires (17.8%) took place on Monday, and the least (10.2%) on Friday.
Based on the 225 fire incidents from years 2003 - 2018 most fires (10.7%) took place during March, and the least (4.9%) in February.
Out of all 985 cases reported during the years 2003 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Hazardous Condition (33.4%), False Alarm (31.3%), and Fire (22.8%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Emerson, NJ
• 32933.4%Hazardous Condition
• 30831.3%False Alarm
• 22522.8%Fire
• 767.7%Service Call
• 212.1%Good Intent Call
• 141.4%Rescue & EMS
• 90.9%Overpressure Rupture
• 30.3%Severe Weather
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Structure Fires (63.6%), and Outside Fires (24.4%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Emerson, NJ
• 14363.6%Structure Fires
• 5524.4%Outside Fires
• 2310.2%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 41.8%Other