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River Ridge: Fire Incidents, Louisiana (LA)

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 26. The highest number of fires - 49 took place in 2005, and the least - 0 in 2008. The data has a dropping trend.

The average number of yearly fire incidents per 10k residents in River Ridge, LA compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for the last 3 years, including only cities with population 5,000 and above)
River Ridge:	15.3
Harahan:	3.9
Waggaman:	26.3
Metairie:	15.6
Jefferson:	47.1
Kenner:	25.8
Bridge City:	23.4
Westwego:	38.6
Marrero:	60.6

Based on the reports from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related casualties per year is 0. The highest number of injuries - 2 took place in 2006, and the lowest - 0 in 2003. The data has a declining trend.
33.6% incidents where reported in the morning and 66.4% in the evening. The most fires (18.4%) took place on Wednesday, and the least (10.0%) on Sunday.
According to the 450 fire incident reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (12.4%) took place during January, and the least (6.4%) in February.
Out of all 2,333 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: False Alarm (21.6%), Hazardous Condition (21.2%), and Rescue & EMS (20.2%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in River Ridge, LA
• 50521.6%False Alarm
• 49521.2%Hazardous Condition
• 47220.2%Rescue & EMS
• 45019.3%Fire
• 27611.8%Good Intent Call
• 1275.4%Service Call
• 40.2%Severe Weather
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Structure Fires (44.9%), and Outside Fires (36.2%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in River Ridge, LA
• 20244.9%Structure Fires
• 16336.2%Outside Fires
• 6614.7%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 194.2%Other