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Athens: Fire Incidents, West Virginia (WV)

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

According to the data from the years 2004 - 2018 the average number of fire incidents per year is 13. The highest number of fire incidents - 30 took place in 2012, and the least - 0 in 2005. The data has a rising trend.

29.8% incidents where reported in the morning and 70.2% in the evening. The most fires (20.2%) took place on Sunday, and the least (10.1%) on Tuesday.
Based on the 188 fire incident reports from years 2004 - 2018 most fires (16.0%) took place during March, and the least (4.3%) in May.
Out of all 652 cases reported during the years 2004 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Overpressure Rupture (39.4%), Fire (28.8%), and Service Call (11.7%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Athens, WV
• 25739.4%Rescue & EMS
• 18828.8%Fire
• 7611.7%Good Intent Call
• 528.0%Service Call
• 467.1%Hazardous Condition
• 274.1%False Alarm
• 50.8%Severe Weather
• 10.2%Special Incident
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Structure Fires (48.4%), and Outside Fires (44.7%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Athens, WV
• 9148.4%Structure Fires
• 8444.7%Outside Fires
• 126.4%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 10.5%Other