Waterford: Fire Incidents, Connecticut (CT)
Where are fire incidents reported in Waterford, CT
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2002 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents
- Incident types reported to NFIRS in Waterford, CT
- 11,26966.5%Rescue & EMS
- 1,73010.2%Hazardous Condition
- 1,1977.1%False Alarm
- 9555.6%Good Intent Call
- 8985.3%Service Call
- 8825.2%Fire
- Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Waterford, CT
- 39544.8%Outside Fires
- 27531.2%Structure Fires
- 19822.4%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
- 141.6%Other
According to the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fires per year is 52. The highest number of reported fires - 88 took place in 2007, and the least - 2 in 2003. The data has a decreasing trend.The average number of yearly fire incidents per 10k residents in Waterford, CT compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for the last 3 years, including only cities with population 5,000 and above)
| Waterford: | 24.3 |
| New London: | 56.0 |
| Groton: | 75.6 |
| East Lyme: | 20.4 |
| Montville: | 19.2 |
| Old Lyme: | 9.2 |
| Ledyard: | 22.6 |
| Norwich: | 38.9 |
| Old Saybrook: | 66.7 |
The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 6 minutes. This is comparable to the Connecticut median value.The median response time in Waterford, CT compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for all years, including only cities with at least 500 fire incidents)
| Waterford: | 6 minutes |
| New London: | 4 minutes |
| Groton: | 4 minutes |
| East Lyme: | 6 minutes |
| Montville: | 7 minutes |
| Ledyard: | 9 minutes |
| Mystic: | 5 minutes |
| Preston: | 8 minutes |
| Norwich: | 4 minutes |
According to the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly casualties is 1. The highest number of injuries - 3 took place in 2002, and the lowest - 0 in 2003. The data has a decreasing trend.
The average number of casualties per 1,000 fire incidents is 16. This indicator was the highest - 77 in 2002, and the lowest 0 in 2003. The trend for injuries per 1,000 fires is decreasing. Compared to the state value the number of casualties per 1,000 incidents is higher.
28.5% incidents where reported in the morning and 71.5% in the evening. The most fires (16.7%) took place on Monday, and the least (12.9%) on Wednesday.
Based on the 882 reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (13.4%) took place during April, and the least (4.3%) in February.
Out of all 16,952 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (66.5%), Hazardous Condition (10.2%), and False Alarm (7.1%).
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Outside Fires (44.8%), and Structure Fires (31.2%).