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South Kingstown: Fire Incidents, Rhode Island (RI)

2007 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents

According to the data from the years 2007 - 2018 the average number of fire incidents per year is 38. The highest number of fire incidents - 139 took place in 2009, and the least - 0 in 2008. The data has a dropping trend.

The average number of yearly fire incidents per 10k residents in South Kingstown, RI compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for the last 3 years, including only cities with population 5,000 and above)
South Kingstown:	15.7
Kingston:	35.8
Narragansett:	31.3
Richmond:	11.7
Charlestown:	25.6
Exeter:	64.9
Jamestown:	16.7
North Kingstown:	5.3
Newport:	19.2

According to the reports from the years 2007 - 2018 the average number of fire-related casualties per year is 0. The highest number of reported injuries - 2 took place in 2015, and the lowest - 0 in 2007. The data has a growing trend.
31.7% incidents where reported in the morning and 68.3% in the evening. The most fires (18.2%) took place on Monday, and the least (12.4%) on Tuesday.
Based on the 451 fire incident reports from years 2007 - 2018 most fires (13.7%) took place during March, and the least (4.0%) in November.
Out of all 2,975 cases reported during the years 2007 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: False Alarm (33.5%), Rescue & EMS (23.1%), and Hazardous Condition (16.1%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in South Kingstown, RI
• 99733.5%False Alarm
• 68623.1%Rescue & EMS
• 47816.1%Hazardous Condition
• 45115.2%Fire
• 1876.3%Service Call
• 1725.8%Good Intent Call
• 30.1%Severe Weather
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Structure Fires (56.1%), and Outside Fires (24.6%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in South Kingstown, RI
• 25356.1%Structure Fires
• 11124.6%Outside Fires
• 5412.0%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 337.3%Other