Poca: Fire Incidents, West Virginia (WV)
Where are fire incidents reported in Poca, WV
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2003 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents
- Incident types reported to NFIRS in Poca, WV
- 72034.8%Fire
- 55927.0%Rescue & EMS
- 34016.4%Hazardous Condition
- 2029.8%Good Intent Call
- 1688.1%Service Call
- 572.8%False Alarm
- 110.5%Special Incident
- 90.4%Severe Weather
- 40.2%Overpressure Rupture
- Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Poca, WV
- 30241.9%Structure Fires
- 22631.4%Outside Fires
- 11015.3%Other
- 8211.4%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
Based on the data from the years 2003 - 2018 the average number of fire incidents per year is 45. The highest number of fires - 60 took place in 2008, and the least - 30 in 2003. The data has an increasing trend.
The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 10 minutes. This is comparable to the state median value.The median response time in Poca, WV compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for all years, including only cities with at least 500 fire incidents)
| Poca: | 10 minutes |
| Cross Lanes: | 10 minutes |
| Nitro: | 5 minutes |
| St. Albans: | 7 minutes |
| South Charleston: | 5 minutes |
| Sissonville: | 15 minutes |
| Hurricane: | 11 minutes |
| Charleston: | 6 minutes |
| Milton: | 11 minutes |
32.6% incidents where reported in the morning and 67.4% in the evening. The most fires (17.1%) took place on Monday, and the least (10.6%) on Tuesday.
Based on the 720 fires from years 2003 - 2018 most fires (11.1%) took place during November, and the least (6.9%) in February.
Out of all 2,070 cases reported during the years 2003 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Fire (34.8%), Rescue & EMS (27.0%), and Hazardous Condition (16.4%).
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Structure Fires (41.9%), and Outside Fires (31.4%).