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Cary: Fire Incidents, North Carolina (NC)

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 221. The highest number of fires - 325 took place in 2016, and the least - 30 in 2007. The data has an increasing trend.


The average number of yearly fire incidents per 10k residents in Cary, NC compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for the last 3 years, including only cities with population 5,000 and above)

Cary:	16.8
Morrisville:	25.0
Apex:	26.2
Holly Springs:	24.0
Raleigh:	24.8
Garner:	53.3
Durham:	32.5
Chapel Hill:	39.1
Knightdale:	119.9

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 5 minutes. This is lower compared to the North Carolina median value.


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

Cary:	5 minutes
Morrisville:	6 minutes
Apex:	6 minutes
Holly Springs:	6 minutes
Raleigh:	5 minutes
Garner:	5 minutes
Fuquay-Varina:	5 minutes
Durham:	5 minutes
Chapel Hill:	5 minutes

According to the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly casualties is 3. The highest number of reported injuries - 11 took place in 2011, and the lowest - 0 in 2006. The data has a rising trend. The average number of injuries per 1,000 fire incidents is 10. This indicator was the highest - 39 in 2011, and the lowest 0 in 2006. The trend for casualties per 1,000 incidents is rising. Compared to the state value the number of casualties per 1,000 fires is higher.



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

Cary:	12.2
Morrisville:	6.8
Apex:	6.6
Holly Springs:	2.5
Raleigh:	7.0
Garner:	2.4
Fuquay-Varina:	2.7
Durham:	6.1
Chapel Hill:	13.5

28.6% incidents where reported in the morning and 71.4% in the evening. The most fires (16.6%) took place on Saturday, and the least (12.9%) on Sunday.
Based on the 3,765 fires from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (10.2%) took place during June, and the least (6.6%) in October.
Out of all 49,581 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (51.4%), False Alarm (14.9%), and Hazardous Condition (11.3%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Cary, NC
• 25,49051.4%Rescue & EMS
• 7,40914.9%False Alarm
• 5,60011.3%Hazardous Condition
• 4,8269.7%Good Intent Call
• 3,7657.6%Fire
• 2,2664.6%Service Call
• 1100.2%Severe Weather
• 970.2%Overpressure Rupture
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Structure Fires (43.2%), and Outside Fires (37.9%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Cary, NC
• 1,62643.2%Structure Fires
• 1,42737.9%Outside Fires
• 62216.5%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 902.4%Other