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Westerly: 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 26. The highest number of fire incidents - 56 took place in 2015, and the least - 0 in 2008. The data has a growing trend.

The average number of yearly fire incidents per 10k residents in Westerly, RI compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for the last 3 years, including only cities with population 5,000 and above)
Westerly:	16.4
Hopkinton:	4.5
Charlestown:	25.6
Richmond:	11.7
South Kingstown:	15.7
Kingston:	35.8
Exeter:	64.9
Narragansett:	31.3
West Greenwich:	62.5

According to the reports from the years 2007 - 2018 the average number of fire-related casualties per year is 1. The highest number of reported injuries - 5 took place in 2014, and the lowest - 0 in 2007. The data has a growing trend.
29.2% incidents where reported in the morning and 70.8% in the evening. The most fires (17.1%) took place on Tuesday, and the least (12.4%) on Sunday.
Based on the 315 fire incident reports from years 2007 - 2018 most fires (11.7%) took place during January, and the least (6.0%) in February.
Out of all 3,314 cases reported during the years 2007 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Hazardous Condition (28.5%), False Alarm (25.1%), and Rescue & EMS (20.3%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Westerly, RI
• 94328.5%Hazardous Condition
• 83225.1%False Alarm
• 67220.3%Rescue & EMS
• 3159.5%Fire
• 2758.3%Good Intent Call
• 2738.2%Service Call
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Structure Fires (76.5%), and Outside Fires (16.8%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Westerly, RI
• 24176.5%Structure Fires
• 5316.8%Outside Fires
• 185.7%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 31.0%Other