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Bowman: Fire Incidents, South Carolina (SC)

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

According to the data from the years 2003 - 2018 the average number of fires per year is 74. The highest number of reported fires - 159 took place in 2011, and the least - 28 in 2003. The data has an increasing trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 11 minutes. This is higher compared to the South Carolina median value.


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

Bowman:	11 minutes
Branchville:	10 minutes
Elloree:	11 minutes
Orangeburg:	5 minutes
Santee:	10 minutes
Cordova:	9 minutes
Holly Hill:	13 minutes
Harleyville:	9 minutes
Cope:	9 minutes

Based on the data from the years 2003 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly deaths is 0. The highest number of deaths - 3 took place in 2018, and the lowest - 0 in 2004. The data has a growing trend.
26.1% incidents where reported in the morning and 73.9% in the evening. The most fires (15.8%) took place on Friday, and the least (12.8%) on Wednesday.
According to the 1,178 incident reports from years 2003 - 2018 most fires (12.9%) took place during March, and the least (5.4%) in October.
Out of all 3,654 cases reported during the years 2003 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (46.7%), Fire (32.2%), and Good Intent Call (9.1%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Bowman, SC
• 1,70646.7%Rescue & EMS
• 1,17832.2%Fire
• 3329.1%Good Intent Call
• 1794.9%Service Call
• 1664.5%Hazardous Condition
• 912.5%False Alarm
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Outside Fires (39.7%), and Structure Fires (30.6%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Bowman, SC
• 46839.7%Outside Fires
• 36030.6%Structure Fires
• 27022.9%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 806.8%Other