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New London: 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 163. The highest number of fires - 197 took place in 2008, and the least - 125 in 2018. The data has a decreasing trend.


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

New London:	56.0
Groton:	75.6
Waterford:	24.3
East Lyme:	20.4
Ledyard:	22.6
Montville:	19.2
Old Lyme:	9.2
Norwich:	38.9
North Stonington:	49.1

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


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

New London:	4 minutes
Groton:	4 minutes
Waterford:	6 minutes
East Lyme:	6 minutes
Mystic:	5 minutes
Ledyard:	9 minutes
Montville:	7 minutes
Preston:	8 minutes
Norwich:	4 minutes

Based on the reports from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly deaths is 0. The highest number of reported deaths - 2 took place in 2002, and the lowest - 0 in 2003. The data has a decreasing trend. The average number of fatalities per 1,000 fires is 2. This indicator was the highest - 13 in 2012, and the lowest 0 in 2003. The trend for deaths per 1,000 incidents is declining. Compared to the Connecticut value the number of deaths per 1,000 fire incidents is higher.


Deaths per 1,000 incidents in New London, CT compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for all years, including only cities with at least 2,500 fire incidents)

New London:	2.2
Norwich:	1.0

Based on the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly casualties is 6. The highest number of reported casualties - 13 took place in 2009, and the lowest - 1 in 2017. The data has a rising trend. The average number of casualties per 1,000 fire incidents is 34. This indicator was the highest - 82 in 2009, and the lowest 6 in 2017. The trend for casualties per 1,000 fires is growing. Compared to the Connecticut value the number of casualties per 1,000 fires is much higher.



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

New London:	33.9
Groton:	20.2
Waterford:	15.9
East Lyme:	2.9
Mystic:	8.9
Ledyard:	14.5
Montville:	4.5
Preston:	0.0
Norwich:	7.6

30.4% incidents where reported in the morning and 69.6% in the evening. The most fires (15.2%) took place on Monday, and the least (13.9%) on Thursday.
Based on the 2,771 incident reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (10.9%) took place during April, and the least (6.9%) in September.
Out of all 38,888 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (70.5%), Hazardous Condition (9.8%), and Fire (7.1%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in New London, CT
• 27,43070.5%Rescue & EMS
• 3,8009.8%Hazardous Condition
• 2,7717.1%Fire
• 2,1435.5%False Alarm
• 1,3503.5%Good Intent Call
• 1,3133.4%Service Call
• 450.1%Overpressure Rupture
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Structure Fires (55.3%), and Outside Fires (30.3%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in New London, CT
• 1,53355.3%Structure Fires
• 84030.3%Outside Fires
• 35712.9%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 411.5%Other