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Willimantic: Fire Incidents, Connecticut (CT)

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

Based on the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fires per year is 104. The highest number of fires - 143 took place in 2006, and the least - 65 in 2015. The data has a declining trend.


The average number of yearly fire incidents per 10k residents in Willimantic, CT compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for the last 3 years, including only cities with population 5,000 and above)

Willimantic:	41.5
Windham:	5.9
Columbia:	41.3
Mansfield:	6.8
Storrs:	26.1
Lebanon:	32.8
Coventry:	10.2
Hebron:	17.2
Canterbury:	63.7

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 4 minutes. This is lower than the Connecticut median value.


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

Willimantic:	4 minutes
Lebanon:	12 minutes
Coventry:	7 minutes
Colchester:	8 minutes
Tolland:	8 minutes
Norwich:	4 minutes
Brooklyn:	8 minutes
Plainfield:	8 minutes
Vernon:	5 minutes

According to the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly casualties is 2. The highest number of reported injuries - 9 took place in 2012, and the lowest - 0 in 2009. The data has a decreasing trend. The average number of injuries per 1,000 fires is 23. This indicator was the highest - 80 in 2012, and the lowest 0 in 2009. The trend for injuries per 1,000 incidents is declining. Compared to the state value the number of casualties per 1,000 fire incidents is higher.



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

Willimantic:	23.8
Lebanon:	8.0
Coventry:	9.6
Colchester:	12.9
Tolland:	0.0
Norwich:	7.6
Brooklyn:	5.0
Plainfield:	2.8
Vernon:	9.4

29.5% incidents where reported in the morning and 70.5% in the evening. The most fires (15.1%) took place on Tuesday, and the least (13.3%) on Saturday.
Based on the 1,768 reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (10.9%) took place during April, and the least (5.8%) in December.
Out of all 24,747 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (64.3%), Hazardous Condition (13.5%), and False Alarm (7.4%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Willimantic, CT
• 15,90864.3%Rescue & EMS
• 3,34113.5%Hazardous Condition
• 1,8437.4%False Alarm
• 1,7687.1%Fire
• 9874.0%Good Intent Call
• 8123.3%Service Call
• 420.2%Overpressure Rupture
• 260.1%Severe Weather
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Structure Fires (52.1%), and Outside Fires (32.1%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Willimantic, CT
• 92152.1%Structure Fires
• 56732.1%Outside Fires
• 17810.1%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 1025.8%Other