South Charleston: Fire Incidents, West Virginia (WV)
Where are fire incidents reported in South Charleston, WV
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2003 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents
- Incident types reported to NFIRS in South Charleston, WV
- 3,03340.2%Rescue & EMS
- 1,14615.2%Hazardous Condition
- 1,03513.7%Fire
- 98713.1%Good Intent Call
- 81810.8%False Alarm
- 4906.5%Service Call
- 200.3%Overpressure Rupture
- 160.2%Special Incident
- Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in South Charleston, WV
- 46344.7%Structure Fires
- 34633.4%Outside Fires
- 18517.9%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
- 414.0%Other
According to the data from the years 2003 - 2018 the average number of fire incidents per year is 65. The highest number of reported fire incidents - 118 took place in 2010, and the least - 14 in 2003. The data has a growing trend.The average number of yearly fire incidents per 10k residents in South Charleston, WV compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for the last 3 years, including only cities with population 5,000 and above)
| South Charleston: | 38.8 |
| Dunbar: | 32.3 |
| Charleston: | 174.3 |
| Cross Lanes: | 64.7 |
| Nitro: | 89.7 |
| Teays Valley: | 4.8 |
| Hurricane: | 93.8 |
The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 5 minutes. This is much lower than the state median value.The median response time in South Charleston, WV compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for all years, including only cities with at least 500 fire incidents)
| South Charleston: | 5 minutes |
| Charleston: | 6 minutes |
| St. Albans: | 7 minutes |
| Cross Lanes: | 10 minutes |
| Nitro: | 5 minutes |
| Poca: | 10 minutes |
| Sissonville: | 15 minutes |
| Elkview: | 15 minutes |
| Hurricane: | 11 minutes |
According to the reports from the years 2003 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly casualties is 1. The highest number of reported casualties - 2 took place in 2007, and the lowest - 0 in 2003. The data has a rising trend.
The average number of casualties per 1,000 fire incidents is 7. This indicator was the highest - 22 in 2018, and the lowest 0 in 2003. The trend for injuries per 1,000 fire incidents is growing. Compared to the West Virginia value the number of casualties per 1,000 fires is about the same.Casualties per 1,000 incidents in South Charleston, WV compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for all years, including only cities with at least 500 fire incidents)
| South Charleston: | 7.7 |
| Charleston: | 5.2 |
| St. Albans: | 6.7 |
| Cross Lanes: | 11.8 |
| Nitro: | 5.8 |
| Poca: | 1.4 |
| Sissonville: | 1.2 |
| Elkview: | 1.6 |
| Hurricane: | 7.2 |
35.5% incidents where reported in the morning and 64.5% in the evening. The most fires (15.9%) took place on Saturday, and the least (13.5%) on Wednesday.
According to the 1,035 fire incidents from years 2003 - 2018 most fires (13.2%) took place during April, and the least (6.2%) in January.
Out of all 7,549 cases reported during the years 2003 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (40.2%), Hazardous Condition (15.2%), and Fire (13.7%).
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Structure Fires (44.7%), and Outside Fires (33.4%).