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Ahoskie: Fire Incidents, North Carolina (NC)

2003 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents

Based on the data from the years 2003 - 2018 the average number of fire incidents per year is 43. The highest number of reported fires - 91 took place in 2013, and the least - 0 in 2004. The data has a dropping trend.

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


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

Ahoskie:	6 minutes
Edenton:	6 minutes
Scotland Neck:	7 minutes
Hertford:	11 minutes
Williamston:	5 minutes
Plymouth:	7 minutes
Weldon:	4 minutes
Enfield:	11 minutes
Roanoke Rapids:	5 minutes

According to the reports from the years 2003 - 2018 the average number of fire-related fatalities per year is 1. The highest number of deaths - 4 took place in 2014, and the lowest - 0 in 2003. The data has a constant trend.

According to the data from the years 2003 - 2018 the average number of fire-related casualties per year is 1. The highest number of injuries - 6 took place in 2014, and the lowest - 0 in 2003. The data has a constant trend. The average number of injuries per 1,000 fire incidents is 8. This indicator was the highest - 67 in 2014, and the lowest 0 in 2003. The trend for injuries per 1,000 incidents is constant. Compared to the state value the number of casualties per 1,000 fire incidents is much higher.



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

Ahoskie:	15.9
Edenton:	4.4
Scotland Neck:	4.6
Hertford:	1.2
Williamston:	13.8
Plymouth:	0.0
Weldon:	3.7
Enfield:	0.7
Roanoke Rapids:	1.7

34.0% incidents where reported in the morning and 66.0% in the evening. The most fires (15.8%) took place on Wednesday, and the least (12.3%) on Friday.
Based on the 691 fire incidents from years 2003 - 2018 most fires (12.2%) took place during November, and the least (5.8%) in August.
Out of all 5,307 cases reported during the years 2003 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Hazardous Condition (68.5%), Fire (13.0%), and False Alarm (8.0%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Ahoskie, NC
• 3,63668.5%Hazardous Condition
• 69113.0%Fire
• 4258.0%False Alarm
• 2434.6%Good Intent Call
• 1833.4%Rescue & EMS
• 1142.1%Service Call
• 90.2%Special Incident
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Structure Fires (41.5%), and Outside Fires (24.7%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Ahoskie, NC
• 28741.5%Structure Fires
• 17124.7%Outside Fires
• 17024.6%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 639.1%Other