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Ontario: Fire Incidents, New York (NY)

2002 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents

According to the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fires per year is 27. The highest number of reported fires - 49 took place in 2014, and the least - 3 in 2005. The data has a rising trend.

The average number of yearly fire incidents per 10k residents in Ontario, NY compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for the last 3 years, including only cities with population 5,000 and above)
Ontario:	27.3
Williamson:	27.7
Walworth:	17.6
Webster:	200.8
Penfield:	21.2
Fairport:	126.0
East Rochester:	31.3
Perinton:	2.3
Irondequoit:	10.0

32.5% incidents where reported in the morning and 67.5% in the evening. The most fires (16.7%) took place on Saturday, and the least (12.1%) on Thursday.
Based on the 461 reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (10.8%) took place during May, and the least (6.1%) in October.
Out of all 3,029 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Hazardous Condition (32.5%), Rescue & EMS (18.7%), and Fire (15.2%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Ontario, NY
• 98432.5%Hazardous Condition
• 56618.7%Rescue & EMS
• 46115.2%Fire
• 39813.1%Service Call
• 32510.7%False Alarm
• 2227.3%Good Intent Call
• 411.4%Severe Weather
• 220.7%Special Incident
• 100.3%Overpressure Rupture
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Structure Fires (48.4%), and Outside Fires (35.6%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Ontario, NY
• 22348.4%Structure Fires
• 16435.6%Outside Fires
• 6213.4%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 122.6%Other