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Castle Hayne: 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 fire incidents per year is 54. The highest number of reported fire incidents - 95 took place in 2004, and the least - 28 in 2006. The data has a dropping trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 6 minutes. This is comparable to the state median value.


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

Castle Hayne:	6 minutes
Rocky Point:	11 minutes
Wilmington:	5 minutes
Leland:	10 minutes
Burgaw:	11 minutes
Holly Ridge:	9 minutes
Carolina Beach:	6 minutes
Boiling Spring Lakes:	9 minutes
Bolivia:	11 minutes

According to the reports from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly casualties is 1. The highest number of casualties - 2 took place in 2004, and the lowest - 0 in 2002. The data has a growing trend. The average number of casualties per 1,000 fires is 14. This indicator was the highest - 44 in 2013, and the lowest 0 in 2002. The trend for casualties per 1,000 incidents is increasing. Compared to the state value the number of injuries per 1,000 fires is much higher.



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

Castle Hayne:	13.1
Rocky Point:	2.2
Wilmington:	8.3
Leland:	2.7
Burgaw:	1.1
Holly Ridge:	3.6
Carolina Beach:	0.0
Boiling Spring Lakes:	5.0
Bolivia:	1.0

23.7% incidents where reported in the morning and 76.3% in the evening. The most fires (15.8%) took place on Monday, and the least (12.3%) on Tuesday.
Based on the 914 fires from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (13.8%) took place during February, and the least (5.0%) in October.
Out of all 5,908 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (42.5%), Fire (15.5%), and Good Intent Call (14.2%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Castle Hayne, NC
• 2,51242.5%Rescue & EMS
• 91415.5%Fire
• 84014.2%Good Intent Call
• 74112.5%Hazardous Condition
• 4437.5%False Alarm
• 4337.3%Service Call
• 110.2%Special Incident
• 80.1%Severe Weather
• 60.1%Overpressure Rupture
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Outside Fires (51.5%), and Structure Fires (31.5%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Castle Hayne, NC
• 47151.5%Outside Fires
• 28831.5%Structure Fires
• 12914.1%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 262.8%Other