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Weston: 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 fires per year is 63. The highest number of reported fires - 94 took place in 2009, and the least - 36 in 2002. The data has a growing trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 10 minutes. This is about the same as the West Virginia median value.


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

Weston:	10 minutes
Buckhannon:	12 minutes
Salem:	13 minutes
Clarksburg:	6 minutes
Bridgeport:	8 minutes
Philippi:	13 minutes
Shinnston:	11 minutes
Belington:	9 minutes
Grafton:	10 minutes

Based on the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly deaths is 0. The highest number of deaths - 2 took place in 2004, and the lowest - 0 in 2002. The data has a constant trend.

Based on 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 2015, and the lowest - 0 in 2008. The data has a declining trend. The average number of casualties per 1,000 fire incidents is 13. This indicator was the highest - 43 in 2015, and the lowest 0 in 2008. The trend for casualties per 1,000 fire incidents is declining. Compared to the West Virginia value the number of casualties per 1,000 fire incidents is higher.



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

Weston:	13.1
Buckhannon:	5.5
Salem:	10.4
Clarksburg:	16.9
Bridgeport:	19.6
Philippi:	0.0
Shinnston:	3.5
Belington:	5.9
Grafton:	16.9

33.1% incidents where reported in the morning and 66.9% in the evening. The most fires (17.6%) took place on Saturday, and the least (12.6%) on Sunday.
Based on the 1,068 incident reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (13.3%) took place during March, and the least (4.6%) in September.
Out of all 5,531 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Hazardous Condition (28.0%), Good Intent Call (21.6%), and Rescue & EMS (21.6%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Weston, WV
• 1,55128.0%Hazardous Condition
• 1,19421.6%Good Intent Call
• 1,19221.6%Rescue & EMS
• 1,06819.3%Fire
• 2704.9%False Alarm
• 1983.6%Service Call
• 290.5%Severe Weather
• 190.3%Overpressure Rupture
• 100.2%Special Incident
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Structure Fires (51.1%), and Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires (23.2%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Weston, WV
• 54651.1%Structure Fires
• 24823.2%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 22020.6%Outside Fires
• 545.1%Other