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Buchanan: Fire Incidents, Virginia (VA)

2002 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents

Based on the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire incidents per year is 32. The highest number of fire incidents - 59 took place in 2005, and the least - 10 in 2002. The data has a growing trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 14 minutes. This is higher than the state median value.


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

Buchanan:	14 minutes
Blue Ridge:	11 minutes
Troutville:	9 minutes
Bedford:	10 minutes
Vinton:	10 minutes
Clifton Forge:	8 minutes
Lexington:	11 minutes
Roanoke:	5 minutes
Buena Vista:	10 minutes

29.8% incidents where reported in the morning and 70.2% in the evening. The most fires (16.3%) took place on Thursday, and the least (11.1%) on Monday.
According to the 551 fire incident reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (14.3%) took place during February, and the least (4.2%) in November.
Out of all 3,713 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (61.6%), Fire (14.8%), and Good Intent Call (10.8%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Buchanan, VA
• 2,28861.6%Rescue & EMS
• 55114.8%Fire
• 40010.8%Good Intent Call
• 3318.9%Hazardous Condition
• 752.0%Service Call
• 551.5%False Alarm
• 60.2%Overpressure Rupture
• 40.1%Special Incident
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Structure Fires (49.0%), and Outside Fires (27.8%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Buchanan, VA
• 27049.0%Structure Fires
• 15327.8%Outside Fires
• 9216.7%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 366.5%Other