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Canton: Fire Incidents, New York (NY)

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 27. The highest number of fires - 45 took place in 2018, and the least - 7 in 2010. The data has a growing trend.

The average number of yearly fire incidents per 10k residents in Canton, NY compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for the last 3 years, including only cities with population 5,000 and above)
Canton:	50.5
Potsdam:	25.3
Ogdensburg:	35.5
Massena:	4.7
Wilna:	1.6
Malone:	78.4
Fort Drum:	2.3

36.7% incidents where reported in the morning and 63.3% in the evening. The most fires (16.8%) took place on Wednesday, and the least (12.4%) on Saturday.
Based on the 458 fires from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (16.8%) took place during April, and the least (4.1%) in December.
Out of all 3,488 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: False Alarm (36.4%), Rescue & EMS (21.5%), and Hazardous Condition (14.9%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Canton, NY
• 1,26836.4%False Alarm
• 75121.5%Rescue & EMS
• 52114.9%Hazardous Condition
• 45813.1%Fire
• 2587.4%Good Intent Call
• 2086.0%Service Call
• 120.3%Overpressure Rupture
• 80.2%Severe Weather
• 40.1%Special Incident
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Structure Fires (55.0%), and Outside Fires (28.2%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Canton, NY
• 25255.0%Structure Fires
• 12928.2%Outside Fires
• 6714.6%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 102.2%Other