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Southold: Fire Incidents, New York (NY)

2006 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents

According to the data from the years 2006 - 2018 the average number of fire incidents per year is 13. The highest number of reported fires - 31 took place in 2006, and the least - 4 in 2011. The data has a decreasing trend.

The average number of yearly fire incidents per 10k residents in Southold, NY compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for the last 3 years, including only cities with population 5,000 and above)
Southold:	15.7
Hampton Bays:	17.3
Springs:	7.6
Riverhead:	7.3
Calverton:	11.3
Wading River:	17.7
Manorville:	12.1
East Moriches:	13.3
Ridge:	25.5

33.9% incidents where reported in the morning and 66.1% in the evening. The most fires (17.8%) took place on Tuesday, and the least (12.1%) on Wednesday.
According to the 174 fire incident reports from years 2006 - 2018 most fires (12.6%) took place during December, and the least (4.6%) in September.
Out of all 2,427 cases reported during the years 2006 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (71.7%), False Alarm (13.5%), and Fire (7.2%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Southold, NY
• 1,74071.7%Rescue & EMS
• 32713.5%False Alarm
• 1747.2%Fire
• 1415.8%Hazardous Condition
• 361.5%Service Call
• 80.3%Good Intent Call
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Structure Fires (63.8%), and Outside Fires (20.1%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Southold, NY
• 11163.8%Structure Fires
• 3520.1%Outside Fires
• 2614.9%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 21.1%Other