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Paterson: Fire Incidents, New Jersey (NJ)

2005 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents

According to the data from the years 2005 - 2018 the average number of fires per year is 544. The highest number of fires - 961 took place in 2016, and the least - 18 in 2008. The data has a growing trend.


The average number of yearly fire incidents per 10k residents in Paterson, NJ compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for the last 3 years, including only cities with population 5,000 and above)

Paterson:	52.0
Prospect Park:	16.3
Haledon:	23.2
Elmwood Park:	21.6
West Paterson:	0.9
Fair Lawn:	22.2
Hawthorne:	15.5
Totowa:	76.8
Clifton:	22.3

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 4 minutes. This is lower compared to the state median value.


The median response time in Paterson, NJ compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for all years, including only cities with at least 500 fire incidents)

Paterson:	4 minutes
Elmwood Park:	5 minutes
Fair Lawn:	5 minutes
Hawthorne:	5 minutes
Totowa:	3 minutes
Clifton:	5 minutes
Garfield:	3 minutes
Little Falls:	4 minutes
Passaic:	4 minutes

According to the reports from the years 2005 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly deaths is 1. The highest number of reported deaths - 4 took place in 2010, and the lowest - 0 in 2005. The data has a constant trend. The average number of deaths per 1,000 fires is 2. This indicator was the highest - 5 in 2010, and the lowest 0 in 2005. The trend for fatalities per 1,000 fires is constant. Compared to the New Jersey value the number of deaths per 1,000 fire incidents is higher.


Deaths per 1,000 incidents in Paterson, NJ compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for all years, including only cities with at least 2,500 fire incidents)

Paterson:	2.1
Passaic:	0.3
Teaneck:	3.5
Englewood:	1.1

Based on the reports from the years 2005 - 2018 the average number of fire-related casualties per year is 6. The highest number of casualties - 16 took place in 2013, and the lowest - 0 in 2006. The data has a decreasing trend. The average number of casualties per 1,000 fires is 11. This indicator was the highest - 50 in 2005, and the lowest 0 in 2006. The trend for casualties per 1,000 fire incidents is decreasing. Compared to the state value the number of casualties per 1,000 fires is higher.



Casualties per 1,000 incidents in Paterson, NJ compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for all years, including only cities with at least 500 fire incidents)

Paterson:	11.2
Elmwood Park:	8.4
Fair Lawn:	6.7
Hawthorne:	5.1
Totowa:	6.0
Clifton:	13.0
Garfield:	28.2
Little Falls:	2.0
Passaic:	3.3

35.1% incidents where reported in the morning and 64.9% in the evening. The most fires (15.9%) took place on Sunday, and the least (13.2%) on Thursday.
According to the 7,615 fire incident reports from years 2005 - 2018 most fires (10.7%) took place during April, and the least (6.1%) in July.
Out of all 30,256 cases reported during the years 2005 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Fire (25.2%), False Alarm (24.7%), and Hazardous Condition (18.9%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Paterson, NJ
• 7,61525.2%Fire
• 7,48124.7%False Alarm
• 5,72518.9%Hazardous Condition
• 3,70712.3%Service Call
• 3,29410.9%Rescue & EMS
• 2,2547.4%Good Intent Call
• 1100.4%Overpressure Rupture
• 650.2%Special Incident
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Structure Fires (76.0%), and Outside Fires (12.1%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Paterson, NJ
• 5,79076.0%Structure Fires
• 91812.1%Outside Fires
• 80710.6%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 1001.3%Other