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Dover: Fire Incidents, New Jersey (NJ)

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 74. The highest number of fires - 186 took place in 2018, and the least - 6 in 2002. The data has an increasing trend.


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

Dover:	64.8
Wharton:	24.2
Rockaway:	57.6
Succasunna:	19.3
Mount Arlington:	23.7
Morris Plains:	79.7
Hopatcong:	7.3
Morristown:	43.7
Boonton:	25.8

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 3 minutes. This is lower than the New Jersey median value.


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

Dover:	3 minutes
Rockaway:	8 minutes
Morris Plains:	4 minutes
Morristown:	3 minutes
Budd Lake:	0 minutes
Kinnelon:	5 minutes
Long Valley:	10 minutes
Fairfield:	5 minutes
Livingston:	0 minutes

Based on the reports from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly casualties is 1. The highest number of casualties - 5 took place in 2018, and the lowest - 0 in 2002. The data has an increasing trend. The average number of casualties per 1,000 fire incidents is 8. This indicator was the highest - 60 in 2016, and the lowest 0 in 2002. The trend for injuries per 1,000 fires is growing. Compared to the New Jersey value the number of injuries per 1,000 fire incidents is higher.



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

Dover:	10.4
Rockaway:	9.2
Morris Plains:	1.5
Morristown:	7.9
Budd Lake:	2.3
Kinnelon:	1.9
Long Valley:	0.0
Fairfield:	0.0
Livingston:	5.2

30.7% incidents where reported in the morning and 69.3% in the evening. The most fires (16.7%) took place on Monday, and the least (12.7%) on Wednesday.
Based on the 1,253 fires from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (11.8%) took place during October, and the least (6.9%) in June.
Out of all 6,899 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (38.5%), Fire (18.2%), and False Alarm (16.2%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Dover, NJ
• 2,65738.5%Rescue & EMS
• 1,25318.2%Fire
• 1,11716.2%False Alarm
• 91813.3%Hazardous Condition
• 5027.3%Good Intent Call
• 4186.1%Service Call
• 160.2%Overpressure Rupture
• 130.2%Special Incident
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Structure Fires (72.3%), and Outside Fires (19.2%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Dover, NJ
• 90672.3%Structure Fires
• 24019.2%Outside Fires
• 917.3%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 161.3%Other