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Amherst: Fire Incidents, Virginia (VA)

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 76. The highest number of reported fire incidents - 116 took place in 2013, and the least - 25 in 2003. The data has an increasing trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 15 minutes. This is much higher compared to the Virginia median value.


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

Amherst:	15 minutes
Madison Heights:	12 minutes
Lynchburg:	5 minutes
Forest:	9 minutes
Appomattox:	12 minutes
Buena Vista:	10 minutes
Rustburg:	10 minutes
Lexington:	11 minutes
Greenville:	15 minutes

28.5% incidents where reported in the morning and 71.5% in the evening. The most fires (17.5%) took place on Sunday, and the least (11.6%) on Tuesday.
Based on the 1,288 fires from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (14.3%) took place during March, and the least (4.5%) in September.
Out of all 2,866 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Fire (44.9%), Hazardous Condition (25.6%), and Good Intent Call (12.1%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Amherst, VA
• 1,28844.9%Fire
• 73525.6%Hazardous Condition
• 34712.1%Good Intent Call
• 2699.4%Rescue & EMS
• 1023.6%Service Call
• 963.3%False Alarm
• 160.6%Special Incident
• 90.3%Severe Weather
• 40.1%Overpressure Rupture
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Structure Fires (42.5%), and Outside Fires (41.5%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Amherst, VA
• 54842.5%Structure Fires
• 53541.5%Outside Fires
• 1219.4%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 846.5%Other