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Clendenin: Fire Incidents, West Virginia (WV)

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

According to the data from the years 2003 - 2018 the average number of fires per year is 37. The highest number of reported fires - 61 took place in 2008, and the least - 10 in 2003. The data has an increasing trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 15 minutes. This is higher than the state median value.


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

Clendenin:	15 minutes
Elkview:	15 minutes
Sissonville:	15 minutes
Charleston:	6 minutes
Spencer:	14 minutes
South Charleston:	5 minutes
Cross Lanes:	10 minutes
Poca:	10 minutes
St. Albans:	7 minutes

According to the data from the years 2003 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly casualties is 0. The highest number of reported casualties - 1 took place in 2007, and the lowest - 0 in 2003. The data has a constant trend. The average number of casualties per 1,000 fires is 4. This indicator was the highest - 25 in 2013, and the lowest 0 in 2003. The trend for injuries per 1,000 fires is constant. Compared to the state value the number of injuries per 1,000 fire incidents is lower.



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

Clendenin:	5.0
Elkview:	1.6
Sissonville:	1.2
Charleston:	5.2
Spencer:	0.0
South Charleston:	7.7
Cross Lanes:	11.8
Poca:	1.4
St. Albans:	6.7

31.7% incidents where reported in the morning and 68.3% in the evening. The most fires (17.4%) took place on Sunday, and the least (12.4%) on Thursday.
According to the 597 reports from years 2003 - 2018 most fires (11.7%) took place during April, and the least (5.4%) in July.
Out of all 1,696 cases reported during the years 2003 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Fire (35.2%), Rescue & EMS (28.4%), and Hazardous Condition (18.3%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Clendenin, WV
• 59735.2%Fire
• 48228.4%Rescue & EMS
• 31118.3%Hazardous Condition
• 1116.5%Good Intent Call
• 935.5%Service Call
• 492.9%False Alarm
• 382.2%Special Incident
• 110.6%Severe Weather
• 40.2%Overpressure Rupture
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Structure Fires (46.2%), and Outside Fires (34.3%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Clendenin, WV
• 27646.2%Structure Fires
• 20534.3%Outside Fires
• 10717.9%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 91.5%Other