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Wharton: Fire Incidents, New Jersey (NJ)

2004 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents

According to the data from the years 2004 - 2018 the average number of fires per year is 26. The highest number of reported fire incidents - 53 took place in 2005, and the least - 5 in 2004. The data has an increasing trend.

The average number of yearly fire incidents per 10k residents in Wharton, NJ compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for the last 3 years, including only cities with population 5,000 and above)
Wharton:	24.2
Dover:	64.8
Mount Arlington:	23.7
Rockaway:	57.6
Succasunna:	19.3
Hopatcong:	7.3
Morris Plains:	79.7
Budd Lake:	78.4
Morristown:	43.7

29.6% incidents where reported in the morning and 70.4% in the evening. The most fires (22.3%) took place on Saturday, and the least (9.4%) on Thursday.
According to the 385 fires from years 2004 - 2018 most fires (11.9%) took place during April, and the least (5.5%) in August.
Out of all 1,232 cases reported during the years 2004 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Hazardous Condition (35.8%), Fire (31.3%), and False Alarm (20.5%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Wharton, NJ
• 44135.8%Hazardous Condition
• 38531.3%Fire
• 25320.5%False Alarm
• 594.8%Service Call
• 423.4%Good Intent Call
• 352.8%Rescue & EMS
• 100.8%Special Incident
• 40.3%Severe Weather
• 30.2%Overpressure Rupture
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Structure Fires (50.1%), and Outside Fires (24.2%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Wharton, NJ
• 19350.1%Structure Fires
• 9324.2%Outside Fires
• 7118.4%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 287.3%Other