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Ridgefield Park: Fire Incidents, New Jersey (NJ)

2004 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents

Based on the data from the years 2004 - 2018 the average number of fires per year is 21. The highest number of fire incidents - 52 took place in 2016, and the least - 0 in 2006. The data has an increasing trend.

The average number of yearly fire incidents per 10k residents in Ridgefield Park, NJ compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for the last 3 years, including only cities with population 5,000 and above)
Ridgefield Park:	30.3
Little Ferry:	19.0
Bogota:	35.6
Palisades Park:	37.8
Leonia:	53.6
Ridgefield:	38.7
Teaneck:	47.0
Hackensack:	48.9
Fort Lee:	43.8

Based on the data from the years 2004 - 2018 the average number of fire-related casualties per year is 0. The highest number of reported injuries - 1 took place in 2005, and the lowest - 0 in 2004. The data has an increasing trend.
30.4% incidents where reported in the morning and 69.6% in the evening. The most fires (16.7%) took place on Monday, and the least (11.5%) on Thursday.
Based on the 312 fire incidents from years 2004 - 2018 most fires (12.5%) took place during May, and the least (5.8%) in December.
Out of all 1,825 cases reported during the years 2004 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Hazardous Condition (28.1%), False Alarm (24.4%), and Fire (17.1%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Ridgefield Park, NJ
• 51328.1%Hazardous Condition
• 44524.4%False Alarm
• 31217.1%Fire
• 25313.9%Service Call
• 19710.8%Good Intent Call
• 935.1%Rescue & EMS
• 50.3%Special Incident
• 40.2%Overpressure Rupture
• 30.2%Severe Weather
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Structure Fires (49.4%), and Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires (26.3%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Ridgefield Park, NJ
• 15449.4%Structure Fires
• 8226.3%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 6520.8%Outside Fires
• 113.5%Other