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Florence: Fire Incidents, South Carolina (SC)

2002 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents

According to the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fires per year is 393. The highest number of fire incidents - 647 took place in 2014, and the least - 169 in 2003. The data has a growing trend.


The average number of yearly fire incidents per 10k residents in Florence, SC compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for the last 3 years, including only cities with population 5,000 and above)

Florence:	126.4
Darlington:	247.1
Marion:	88.9
Hartsville:	310.7
Lake City:	190.6
Dillon:	6.5
Bennettsville:	181.1
Hamer:	11.2
Cheraw:	162.3

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 6 minutes. This is comparable to the South Carolina median value.


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

Florence:	6 minutes
Darlington:	6 minutes
Lynchburg:	11 minutes
Marion:	6 minutes
Hartsville:	6 minutes
Lake City:	5 minutes
Latta:	8 minutes
Bishopville:	10 minutes
Bennettsville:	5 minutes

Based on the reports from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly deaths is 1. The highest number of reported deaths - 5 took place in 2018, and the lowest - 0 in 2002. The data has a growing trend. The average number of deaths per 1,000 fires is 2. This indicator was the highest - 10 in 2018, and the lowest 0 in 2002. The trend for fatalities per 1,000 fire incidents is growing. Compared to the South Carolina value the number of deaths per 1,000 fires is similar.


Deaths per 1,000 incidents in Florence, SC compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for all years, including only cities with at least 2,500 fire incidents)

Florence:	2.4
Hartsville:	4.0
Sumter:	3.0
Manning:	0.0

Based on the reports from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related casualties per year is 3. The highest number of reported injuries - 6 took place in 2014, and the lowest - 1 in 2002. The data has a constant trend. The average number of casualties per 1,000 fires is 10. This indicator was the highest - 24 in 2003, and the lowest 2 in 2018. The trend for casualties per 1,000 incidents is decreasing. Compared to the state value the number of injuries per 1,000 fire incidents is about the same.



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

Florence:	8.5
Darlington:	1.6
Lynchburg:	4.4
Marion:	2.0
Hartsville:	2.6
Lake City:	3.4
Latta:	1.1
Bishopville:	0.0
Bennettsville:	0.4

29.2% incidents where reported in the morning and 70.8% in the evening. The most fires (16.4%) took place on Saturday, and the least (13.4%) on Wednesday.
Based on the 6,676 fire incident reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (10.6%) took place during January, and the least (6.4%) in October.
Out of all 35,497 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (38.1%), Fire (18.8%), and False Alarm (14.7%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Florence, SC
• 13,51338.1%Rescue & EMS
• 6,67618.8%Fire
• 5,22714.7%False Alarm
• 5,13814.5%Good Intent Call
• 3,5089.9%Hazardous Condition
• 1,2423.5%Service Call
• 1070.3%Severe Weather
• 580.2%Overpressure Rupture
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Outside Fires (43.6%), and Structure Fires (36.5%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Florence, SC
• 2,91443.6%Outside Fires
• 2,43536.5%Structure Fires
• 1,21018.1%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 1171.8%Other