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Guilford: Fire Incidents, Connecticut (CT)

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 104. The highest number of fire incidents - 152 took place in 2016, and the least - 58 in 2002. The data has an increasing trend.


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

Guilford:	59.3
Madison:	37.0
North Branford:	19.0
Branford:	31.0
Killingworth:	38.3
East Haven:	30.2
North Haven:	56.3
New Haven:	29.0
Wallingford:	27.8

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 5 minutes. This is comparable to the state median value.


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

Guilford:	5 minutes
Madison:	6 minutes
North Branford:	6 minutes
Branford:	5 minutes
East Haven:	4 minutes
Clinton:	6 minutes
North Haven:	6 minutes
New Haven:	4 minutes
Wallingford:	6 minutes

According to the reports from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related fatalities per year is 0. The highest number of deaths - 1 took place in 2003, and the lowest - 0 in 2002. The data has a constant trend.

According to the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related casualties per year is 1. The highest number of casualties - 2 took place in 2004, and the lowest - 0 in 2009. The data has a constant trend. The average number of injuries per 1,000 fire incidents is 8. This indicator was the highest - 18 in 2004, and the lowest 0 in 2009. The trend for casualties per 1,000 fires is dropping. Compared to the Connecticut value the number of casualties per 1,000 incidents is lower.



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

Guilford:	6.8
Madison:	14.6
North Branford:	20.1
Branford:	18.7
East Haven:	23.6
Clinton:	1.0
North Haven:	14.9
New Haven:	2.7
Wallingford:	14.4

28.5% incidents where reported in the morning and 71.5% in the evening. The most fires (16.8%) took place on Sunday, and the least (12.5%) on Tuesday.
Based on the 1,771 incident reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (9.9%) took place during April, and the least (6.6%) in September.
Out of all 21,341 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (55.8%), False Alarm (12.0%), and Service Call (11.2%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Guilford, CT
• 11,90155.8%Rescue & EMS
• 2,56112.0%False Alarm
• 2,39011.2%Service Call
• 1,7718.3%Fire
• 1,6897.9%Hazardous Condition
• 9754.6%Good Intent Call
• 300.1%Special Incident
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Structure Fires (68.7%), and Outside Fires (20.0%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Guilford, CT
• 1,21668.7%Structure Fires
• 35420.0%Outside Fires
• 1609.0%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 412.3%Other