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Dover: Fire Incidents, Ohio (OH)

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 79. The highest number of reported fires - 108 took place in 2006, and the least - 45 in 2017. The data has a declining trend.


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

Dover:	42.3
New Philadelphia:	37.1
Uhrichsville:	115.4
Massillon:	27.6
Canton:	54.2
Louisville:	68.5
North Canton:	32.2
Canal Fulton:	32.8
Orrville:	74.5

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 6 minutes. This is about the same as the Ohio median value.


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

Dover:	6 minutes
New Philadelphia:	6 minutes
Sugarcreek:	11 minutes
Uhrichsville:	6 minutes
Navarre:	10 minutes
Newcomerstown:	11 minutes
Massillon:	5 minutes
Canton:	5 minutes
East Canton:	10 minutes

Based on the reports from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly casualties is 2. The highest number of casualties - 7 took place in 2004, and the lowest - 0 in 2007. The data has a decreasing trend. The average number of casualties per 1,000 fire incidents is 21. This indicator was the highest - 77 in 2004, and the lowest 0 in 2007. The trend for injuries per 1,000 incidents is decreasing. Compared to the state value the number of injuries per 1,000 fire incidents is higher.



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

Dover:	22.4
New Philadelphia:	2.3
Sugarcreek:	5.7
Uhrichsville:	11.8
Navarre:	9.2
Newcomerstown:	2.4
Massillon:	13.5
Canton:	23.7
East Canton:	14.8

33.9% incidents where reported in the morning and 66.1% in the evening. The most fires (15.9%) took place on Saturday, and the least (13.2%) on Tuesday.
Based on the 1,337 fires from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (10.1%) took place during April, and the least (6.4%) in October.
Out of all 13,154 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (56.7%), Service Call (11.0%), and Fire (10.2%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Dover, OH
• 7,45356.7%Rescue & EMS
• 1,44111.0%Service Call
• 1,33710.2%Fire
• 1,2949.8%Hazardous Condition
• 1,0718.1%Good Intent Call
• 4653.5%False Alarm
• 510.4%Severe Weather
• 260.2%Special Incident
• 160.1%Overpressure Rupture
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Structure Fires (52.7%), and Outside Fires (29.3%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Dover, OH
• 70552.7%Structure Fires
• 39229.3%Outside Fires
• 23217.4%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 80.6%Other