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James Island: Fire Incidents, South Carolina (SC)

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

Based on the data from the years 2004 - 2018 the average number of fire incidents per year is 17. The highest number of reported fires - 63 took place in 2016, and the least - 0 in 2005. The data has an increasing trend.

The average number of yearly fire incidents per 10k residents in James Island, SC compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for the last 3 years, including only cities with population 5,000 and above)
James Island:	12.7
Charleston:	56.7
Johns Island:	104.5
Mount Pleasant:	2.8
North Charleston:	73.9
Hanahan:	29.4
Wando:	18.9
Goose Creek:	39.1
Ladson:	102.5

32.7% incidents where reported in the morning and 67.3% in the evening. The most fires (18.3%) took place on Friday, and the least (9.6%) on Wednesday.
According to the 251 fire incident reports from years 2004 - 2018 most fires (13.1%) took place during December, and the least (3.6%) in May.
Out of all 5,952 cases reported during the years 2004 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (51.4%), Good Intent Call (22.0%), and False Alarm (8.5%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in James Island, SC
• 3,05851.4%Rescue & EMS
• 1,30822.0%Good Intent Call
• 5078.5%False Alarm
• 4868.2%Service Call
• 2864.8%Hazardous Condition
• 2514.2%Fire
• 260.4%Severe Weather
• 230.4%Special Incident
• 70.1%Overpressure Rupture
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Structure Fires (50.2%), and Outside Fires (34.7%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in James Island, SC
• 12650.2%Structure Fires
• 8734.7%Outside Fires
• 3614.3%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 20.8%Other