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St. Albans: Fire Incidents, West Virginia (WV)

2003 - 2011 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents

According to the data from the years 2003 - 2011 the average number of fire incidents per year is 116. The highest number of reported fires - 195 took place in 2009, and the least - 20 in 2003. The data has an increasing trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 7 minutes. This is lower compared to the state median value.


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

St. Albans:	7 minutes
Nitro:	5 minutes
Cross Lanes:	10 minutes
Poca:	10 minutes
South Charleston:	5 minutes
Charleston:	6 minutes
Hurricane:	11 minutes
Sissonville:	15 minutes
Milton:	11 minutes

Based on the data from the years 2003 - 2011 the average number of fire-related casualties per year is 1. The highest number of injuries - 2 took place in 2005, and the lowest - 0 in 2003. The data has a growing trend. The average number of injuries per 1,000 fire incidents is 9. This indicator was the highest - 39 in 2005, and the lowest 0 in 2003. The trend for casualties per 1,000 fire incidents is increasing. Compared to the West Virginia value the number of injuries per 1,000 incidents is similar.



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

St. Albans:	6.7
Nitro:	5.8
Cross Lanes:	11.8
Poca:	1.4
South Charleston:	7.7
Charleston:	5.2
Hurricane:	7.2
Sissonville:	1.2
Milton:	16.2

34.9% incidents where reported in the morning and 65.1% in the evening. The most fires (16.2%) took place on Tuesday, and the least (12.9%) on Friday.
According to the 1,050 incident reports from years 2003 - 2011 most fires (11.1%) took place during September, and the least (6.5%) in August.
Out of all 2,586 cases reported during the years 2003 - 2011, the most belonged to the categories: Fire (40.6%), Rescue & EMS (39.6%), and Overpressure Rupture (7.2%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in St. Albans, WV
• 1,05040.6%Fire
• 1,02439.6%Hazardous Condition
• 1867.2%Rescue & EMS
• 1817.0%Good Intent Call
• 1254.8%Service Call
• 150.6%False Alarm
• 50.2%Severe Weather
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Structure Fires (50.4%), and Outside Fires (32.1%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in St. Albans, WV
• 52950.4%Structure Fires
• 33732.1%Outside Fires
• 12111.5%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 636.0%Other