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Plainfield: Fire Incidents, New Jersey (NJ)

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 99. The highest number of fires - 179 took place in 2008, and the least - 9 in 2004. The data has a growing trend.


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

Plainfield:	25.8
North Plainfield:	21.8
Watchung:	19.9
South Plainfield:	48.3
Fanwood:	9.6
Scotch Plains:	31.4
Dunellen:	9.0
Berkeley Heights:	30.8
Westfield:	18.3

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 5 minutes. This is similar to the state median value.


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

Plainfield:	5 minutes
North Plainfield:	5 minutes
South Plainfield:	4 minutes
Scotch Plains:	6 minutes
Berkeley Heights:	5 minutes
Westfield:	3 minutes
Colonia:	5 minutes
Clark:	6 minutes
Iselin:	5 minutes

According to the reports from the years 2004 - 2018 the average number of fire-related casualties per year is 2. The highest number of reported casualties - 10 took place in 2008, and the lowest - 0 in 2004. The data has a rising trend. The average number of injuries per 1,000 fires is 11. This indicator was the highest - 58 in 2018, and the lowest 0 in 2004. The trend for injuries per 1,000 fires is rising. Compared to the New Jersey value the number of injuries per 1,000 fires is higher.



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

Plainfield:	16.7
North Plainfield:	31.9
South Plainfield:	21.8
Scotch Plains:	4.8
Berkeley Heights:	19.2
Westfield:	9.8
Colonia:	5.7
Clark:	14.5
Iselin:	5.1

36.0% incidents where reported in the morning and 64.0% in the evening. The most fires (16.9%) took place on Saturday, and the least (12.3%) on Wednesday.
Based on the 1,493 fire incidents from years 2004 - 2018 most fires (11.3%) took place during April, and the least (6.2%) in May.
Out of all 10,168 cases reported during the years 2004 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Hazardous Condition (29.8%), False Alarm (25.0%), and Service Call (19.5%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Plainfield, NJ
• 3,02829.8%Hazardous Condition
• 2,53825.0%False Alarm
• 1,98519.5%Service Call
• 1,49314.7%Fire
• 6436.3%Rescue & EMS
• 4224.2%Good Intent Call
• 310.3%Special Incident
• 170.2%Severe Weather
• 110.1%Overpressure Rupture
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Structure Fires (67.7%), and Outside Fires (18.8%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Plainfield, NJ
• 1,01167.7%Structure Fires
• 28018.8%Outside Fires
• 1167.8%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 865.8%Other