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Romney: Fire Incidents, West Virginia (WV)

2003 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents

Based on the data from the years 2003 - 2018 the average number of fires per year is 63. The highest number of reported fires - 115 took place in 2012, and the least - 33 in 2004. The data has a constant trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 14 minutes. This is higher than the state median value.


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

Romney:	14 minutes
Keyser:	10 minutes
Cumberland:	6 minutes
Frostburg:	10 minutes
Deer Park:	13 minutes
Strasburg:	10 minutes

30.8% incidents where reported in the morning and 69.2% in the evening. The most fires (15.2%) took place on Saturday, and the least (13.1%) on Wednesday.
Based on the 1,009 incident reports from years 2003 - 2018 most fires (13.8%) took place during March, and the least (4.7%) in August.
Out of all 2,432 cases reported during the years 2003 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Fire (41.5%), Overpressure Rupture (21.5%), and Rescue & EMS (15.9%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Romney, WV
• 1,00941.5%Fire
• 52221.5%Rescue & EMS
• 38615.9%Hazardous Condition
• 30912.7%Good Intent Call
• 1445.9%Service Call
• 582.4%False Alarm
• 30.1%Severe Weather
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Structure Fires (56.6%), and Outside Fires (28.7%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Romney, WV
• 57156.6%Structure Fires
• 29028.7%Outside Fires
• 11811.7%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 303.0%Other