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Beachwood: Fire Incidents, New Jersey (NJ)

2002 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents

According to the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire incidents per year is 40. The highest number of fires - 114 took place in 2005, and the least - 0 in 2003. The data has an increasing trend.


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

Beachwood:	36.7
Toms River:	21.6
Forked River:	125.2
Lakewood:	1.7
Point Pleasant:	5.9
Manasquan:	64.2
Belmar:	23.9
Browns Mills:	65.3
Asbury Park:	53.2

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 4 minutes. This is lower compared to the New Jersey median value.


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

Beachwood:	4 minutes
Toms River:	6 minutes
Forked River:	5 minutes
Lakewood:	4 minutes
Barnegat:	5 minutes
Manasquan:	5 minutes
Manahawkin:	4 minutes
Browns Mills:	7 minutes
Asbury Park:	3 minutes

According to the reports from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly casualties is 0. The highest number of injuries - 3 took place in 2017, and the lowest - 0 in 2003. The data has a decreasing trend. The average number of injuries per 1,000 fire incidents is 13. This indicator was the highest - 83 in 2002, and the lowest 0 in 2003. The trend for injuries per 1,000 fires is dropping. Compared to the state value the number of injuries per 1,000 fires is about the same.



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

Beachwood:	10.2
Toms River:	10.0
Forked River:	9.1
Lakewood:	44.4
Barnegat:	0.0
Manasquan:	7.1
Manahawkin:	10.8
Browns Mills:	17.1
Asbury Park:	11.6

28.0% incidents where reported in the morning and 72.0% in the evening. The most fires (17.4%) took place on Friday, and the least (11.1%) on Wednesday.
According to the 683 fire incidents from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (13.2%) took place during April, and the least (5.7%) in February.
Out of all 2,420 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Hazardous Condition (44.5%), Fire (28.2%), and False Alarm (13.0%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Beachwood, NJ
• 1,07844.5%Hazardous Condition
• 68328.2%Fire
• 31513.0%False Alarm
• 1325.5%Service Call
• 1255.2%Good Intent Call
• 743.1%Rescue & EMS
• 90.4%Severe Weather
• 30.1%Special Incident
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Structure Fires (42.2%), and Outside Fires (36.6%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Beachwood, NJ
• 28842.2%Structure Fires
• 25036.6%Outside Fires
• 9513.9%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 507.3%Other