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Waldwick: Fire Incidents, New Jersey (NJ)

2003 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents

Based on the data from the years 2003 - 2018 the average number of fire incidents per year is 21. The highest number of reported fire incidents - 49 took place in 2010, and the least - 3 in 2003. The data has a rising trend.

The average number of yearly fire incidents per 10k residents in Waldwick, NJ compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for the last 3 years, including only cities with population 5,000 and above)
Waldwick:	16.8
Allendale:	31.9
Midland Park:	19.6
Ridgewood:	22.1
Wyckoff:	51.7
Ramsey:	53.6
Woodcliff Lake:	6.2
Washington Township:	10.8
Glen Rock:	27.7

28.7% incidents where reported in the morning and 71.3% in the evening. The most fires (20.0%) took place on Tuesday, and the least (9.0%) on Friday.
According to the 335 fire incident reports from years 2003 - 2018 most fires (11.6%) took place during April, and the least (4.5%) in November.
Out of all 1,507 cases reported during the years 2003 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Hazardous Condition (36.5%), False Alarm (24.1%), and Fire (22.2%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Waldwick, NJ
• 55036.5%Hazardous Condition
• 36324.1%False Alarm
• 33522.2%Fire
• 885.8%Service Call
• 604.0%Good Intent Call
• 503.3%Rescue & EMS
• 473.1%Special Incident
• 80.5%Severe Weather
• 60.4%Overpressure Rupture
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Structure Fires (65.4%), and Outside Fires (17.0%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Waldwick, NJ
• 21965.4%Structure Fires
• 5717.0%Outside Fires
• 3610.7%Other
• 236.9%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires