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Northfield: Fire Incidents, New Jersey (NJ)

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 23. The highest number of reported fire incidents - 43 took place in 2005, and the least - 0 in 2003. The data has a declining trend.

The average number of yearly fire incidents per 10k residents in Northfield, NJ compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for the last 3 years, including only cities with population 5,000 and above)
Northfield:	31.0
Linwood:	12.3
Pleasantville:	46.4
Margate City:	34.2
Somers Point:	43.1
Absecon:	17.1
Atlantic City:	61.0
Pomona:	23.9
Ocean City:	41.3

Based on the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related casualties per year is 1. The highest number of casualties - 3 took place in 2009, and the lowest - 0 in 2003. The data has a declining trend.
27.8% incidents where reported in the morning and 72.2% in the evening. The most fires (17.2%) took place on Wednesday, and the least (12.7%) on Tuesday.
Based on the 395 fires from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (10.6%) took place during July, and the least (5.6%) in March.
Out of all 3,581 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Overpressure Rupture (35.6%), Rescue & EMS (32.2%), and Fire (11.0%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Northfield, NJ
• 1,27635.6%Rescue & EMS
• 1,15232.2%Hazardous Condition
• 39511.0%Fire
• 36210.1%False Alarm
• 2687.5%Service Call
• 1243.5%Good Intent Call
• 40.1%Special Incident
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Structure Fires (55.2%), and Outside Fires (33.9%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Northfield, NJ
• 21855.2%Structure Fires
• 13433.9%Outside Fires
• 369.1%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 71.8%Other