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Columbia: 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 fire incidents per year is 984. The highest number of reported fires - 1,613 took place in 2007, and the least - 85 in 2002. The data has a rising trend.


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

Columbia:	115.1
Forest Acres:	5.2
West Columbia:	246.6
Cayce:	59.5
Oak Grove:	1.0
Irmo:	83.5
Lexington:	285.2
Hopkins:	127.9
Lugoff:	130.0

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 7 minutes. This is similar to the state median value.


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

Columbia:	7 minutes
West Columbia:	6 minutes
Cayce:	5 minutes
Irmo:	8 minutes
Lexington:	7 minutes
Blythewood:	9 minutes
Hopkins:	9 minutes
Gaston:	8 minutes
Elgin:	10 minutes

According to the reports from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly deaths is 3. The highest number of deaths - 8 took place in 2014, and the lowest - 0 in 2002. The data has a rising trend. The average number of deaths per 1,000 fires is 2. This indicator was the highest - 6 in 2014, and the lowest 0 in 2002. The trend for deaths per 1,000 fires is increasing. Compared to the South Carolina value the number of deaths per 1,000 fire incidents is higher.


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

Columbia:	2.8
West Columbia:	1.9
Lexington:	2.2
Gaston:	3.1
Orangeburg:	2.0
Sumter:	3.0

Based on the reports from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly casualties is 12. The highest number of injuries - 25 took place in 2009, and the lowest - 0 in 2006. The data has a rising trend. The average number of casualties per 1,000 fires is 13. This indicator was the highest - 35 in 2002, and the lowest 0 in 2006. The trend for casualties per 1,000 fires is decreasing. Compared to the state value the number of casualties per 1,000 fires is higher.



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

Columbia:	12.0
West Columbia:	11.8
Cayce:	8.5
Irmo:	11.9
Lexington:	6.8
Blythewood:	3.9
Hopkins:	6.9
Gaston:	8.6
Elgin:	2.6

30.7% incidents where reported in the morning and 69.3% in the evening. The most fires (15.3%) took place on Sunday, and the least (13.1%) on Wednesday.
Based on the 16,724 incident reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (9.7%) took place during July, and the least (7.0%) in November.
Out of all 134,755 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (44.5%), False Alarm (15.3%), and Good Intent Call (15.2%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Columbia, SC
• 59,92344.5%Rescue & EMS
• 20,55615.3%False Alarm
• 20,52615.2%Good Intent Call
• 16,72412.4%Fire
• 10,1097.5%Hazardous Condition
• 6,3994.7%Service Call
• 2110.2%Overpressure Rupture
• 1870.1%Special Incident
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Outside Fires (39.2%), and Structure Fires (37.2%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Columbia, SC
• 6,56439.2%Outside Fires
• 6,22937.2%Structure Fires
• 3,43420.5%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 4973.0%Other