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Shinnston: Fire Incidents, West Virginia (WV)

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

According to the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire incidents per year is 34. The highest number of reported fire incidents - 85 took place in 2010, and the least - 2 in 2003. The data has a growing trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 11 minutes. This is similar to the state median value.


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

Shinnston:	11 minutes
Bridgeport:	8 minutes
Clarksburg:	6 minutes
Fairmont:	9 minutes
Grafton:	10 minutes
Salem:	13 minutes
Philippi:	13 minutes
Morgantown:	10 minutes
Weston:	10 minutes

37.7% incidents where reported in the morning and 62.3% in the evening. The most fires (18.8%) took place on Sunday, and the least (8.9%) on Thursday.
According to the 573 reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (17.8%) took place during February, and the least (5.2%) in May.
Out of all 2,883 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (47.9%), Fire (19.9%), and Good Intent Call (14.8%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Shinnston, WV
• 1,38247.9%Rescue & EMS
• 57319.9%Fire
• 42814.8%Good Intent Call
• 2609.0%Hazardous Condition
• 1465.1%Service Call
• 732.5%False Alarm
• 180.6%Severe Weather
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Structure Fires (67.9%), and Outside Fires (18.3%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Shinnston, WV
• 38967.9%Structure Fires
• 10518.3%Outside Fires
• 559.6%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 244.2%Other