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Prospect: Fire Incidents, Connecticut (CT)

2002 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents

According to the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire incidents per year is 18. The highest number of fire incidents - 38 took place in 2015, and the least - 8 in 2018. The data has a dropping trend.

The average number of yearly fire incidents per 10k residents in Prospect, CT compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for the last 3 years, including only cities with population 5,000 and above)
Prospect:	14.9
Cheshire:	23.0
Naugatuck:	31.4
Waterbury:	51.4
Bethany:	11.4
Beacon Falls:	40.8
Wolcott:	22.2
Middlebury:	29.0
Oakville:	21.0

According to the reports from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related casualties per year is 0. The highest number of injuries - 4 took place in 2015, and the lowest - 0 in 2002. The data has a constant trend.
37.3% incidents where reported in the morning and 62.7% in the evening. The most fires (18.8%) took place on Saturday, and the least (9.6%) on Monday.
Based on the 314 reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (12.1%) took place during April, and the least (5.4%) in October.
Out of all 4,668 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Overpressure Rupture (53.2%), Rescue & EMS (20.6%), and Good Intent Call (9.3%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Prospect, CT
• 2,48553.2%Rescue & EMS
• 96220.6%Hazardous Condition
• 4359.3%False Alarm
• 3146.7%Fire
• 2595.5%Service Call
• 2084.5%Good Intent Call
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Structure Fires (40.4%), and Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires (26.1%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Prospect, CT
• 12740.4%Structure Fires
• 8226.1%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 7423.6%Outside Fires
• 319.9%Other