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Summersville: Fire Incidents, West Virginia (WV)

2004 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents

According to the data from the years 2004 - 2018 the average number of fire incidents per year is 46. The highest number of reported fires - 67 took place in 2014, and the least - 5 in 2004. The data has an increasing trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 12 minutes. This is about the same as the state median value.


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

Summersville:	12 minutes
Oak Hill:	9 minutes
Clendenin:	15 minutes
Elkview:	15 minutes
Beckley:	5 minutes
Alderson:	12 minutes

Based on the data from the years 2004 - 2018 the average number of fire-related casualties per year is 1. The highest number of injuries - 6 took place in 2006, and the lowest - 0 in 2004. The data has a constant trend. The average number of injuries per 1,000 fires is 14. This indicator was the highest - 140 in 2006, and the lowest 0 in 2004. The trend for casualties per 1,000 fires is constant. Compared to the state value the number of injuries per 1,000 fires is higher.



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

Summersville:	13.2
Oak Hill:	5.5
Clendenin:	5.0
Elkview:	1.6
Beckley:	9.7
Alderson:	1.8

37.2% incidents where reported in the morning and 62.8% in the evening. The most fires (17.9%) took place on Friday, and the least (12.7%) on Monday.
Based on the 683 fire incidents from years 2004 - 2018 most fires (13.8%) took place during April, and the least (4.7%) in September.
Out of all 2,599 cases reported during the years 2004 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Hazardous Condition (28.9%), Fire (26.3%), and Rescue & EMS (19.9%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Summersville, WV
• 75128.9%Hazardous Condition
• 68326.3%Fire
• 51719.9%Rescue & EMS
• 41315.9%Good Intent Call
• 1164.5%Service Call
• 1044.0%False Alarm
• 70.3%Severe Weather
• 50.2%Overpressure Rupture
• 30.1%Special Incident
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Structure Fires (55.9%), and Outside Fires (21.2%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Summersville, WV
• 38255.9%Structure Fires
• 14521.2%Outside Fires
• 11817.3%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 385.6%Other