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Rocky Hill: Fire Incidents, Connecticut (CT)

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

Based on the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire incidents per year is 90. The highest number of reported fires - 158 took place in 2010, and the least - 10 in 2009. The data has an increasing trend.


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

Rocky Hill:	51.8
Wethersfield:	22.0
Cromwell:	27.8
Newington:	31.2
Glastonbury:	19.0
Portland:	59.1
Berlin:	15.6
New Britain:	45.7
Hartford:	39.1

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 7 minutes. This is higher than the Connecticut median value.


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

Rocky Hill:	7 minutes
Wethersfield:	7 minutes
Cromwell:	7 minutes
Newington:	6 minutes
Glastonbury:	6 minutes
Portland:	5 minutes
Berlin:	6 minutes
New Britain:	4 minutes
Hartford:	4 minutes

According to the reports from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related casualties per year is 1. The highest number of casualties - 2 took place in 2006, and the lowest - 0 in 2003. The data has a constant trend. The average number of casualties per 1,000 fire incidents is 10. This indicator was the highest - 83 in 2005, and the lowest 0 in 2003. The trend for injuries per 1,000 fires is declining. Compared to the state value the number of injuries per 1,000 fire incidents is lower.



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

Rocky Hill:	7.2
Wethersfield:	21.5
Cromwell:	5.4
Newington:	2.6
Glastonbury:	16.7
Portland:	0.0
Berlin:	10.8
New Britain:	21.0
Hartford:	10.9

30.7% incidents where reported in the morning and 69.3% in the evening. The most fires (15.0%) took place on Tuesday, and the least (13.2%) on Wednesday.
According to the 1,536 reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (10.8%) took place during January, and the least (5.9%) in September.
Out of all 4,743 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Fire (32.4%), Hazardous Condition (30.4%), and False Alarm (14.1%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Rocky Hill, CT
• 1,53632.4%Fire
• 1,44030.4%Hazardous Condition
• 66914.1%False Alarm
• 3788.0%Service Call
• 3677.7%Rescue & EMS
• 2825.9%Good Intent Call
• 300.6%Special Incident
• 290.6%Severe Weather
• 120.3%Overpressure Rupture
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Structure Fires (68.6%), and Outside Fires (16.3%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Rocky Hill, CT
• 1,05368.6%Structure Fires
• 25016.3%Outside Fires
• 16911.0%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 644.2%Other