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Barnwell: 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 fires per year is 69. The highest number of fires - 124 took place in 2014, and the least - 15 in 2004. The data has an increasing trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 9 minutes. This is higher compared to the state median value.


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

Barnwell:	9 minutes
Williston:	6 minutes
Denmark:	7 minutes
Allendale:	10 minutes
Bamberg:	6 minutes
Fairfax:	13 minutes
Cope:	9 minutes
Neeses:	11 minutes
Wagener:	10 minutes

24.4% incidents where reported in the morning and 75.6% in the evening. The most fires (15.9%) took place on Thursday, and the least (13.1%) on Wednesday.
Based on the 1,031 fire incident reports from years 2004 - 2018 most fires (14.1%) took place during March, and the least (4.8%) in July.
Out of all 2,072 cases reported during the years 2004 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Fire (49.8%), Hazardous Condition (17.0%), and Rescue & EMS (16.5%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Barnwell, SC
• 1,03149.8%Fire
• 35217.0%Hazardous Condition
• 34216.5%Rescue & EMS
• 1718.3%Good Intent Call
• 1014.9%False Alarm
• 522.5%Service Call
• 160.8%Severe Weather
• 40.2%Overpressure Rupture
• 30.1%Special Incident
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Outside Fires (50.6%), and Structure Fires (38.3%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Barnwell, SC
• 52250.6%Outside Fires
• 39538.3%Structure Fires
• 1019.8%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 131.3%Other