Charles City: Fire Incidents, Virginia (VA)
Where are fire incidents reported in Charles City, VA
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2003 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents
- Incident types reported to NFIRS in Charles City, VA
- 1,20252.1%Rescue & EMS
- 67929.4%Fire
- 1777.7%Good Intent Call
- 1606.9%Hazardous Condition
- 512.2%Service Call
- 311.3%False Alarm
- 80.3%Special Incident
- Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Charles City, VA
- 33148.7%Outside Fires
- 20129.6%Structure Fires
- 11016.2%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
- 375.4%Other
According to the data from the years 2003 - 2018 the average number of fires per year is 42. The highest number of reported fires - 68 took place in 2007, and the least - 14 in 2017. The data has a declining trend.
The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 16 minutes. This is much higher than the state median value.The median response time in Charles City, VA compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for all years, including only cities with at least 500 fire incidents)
| Charles City: | 16 minutes |
| Hopewell: | 5 minutes |
| Prince George: | 8 minutes |
| Sandston: | 6 minutes |
| Colonial Heights: | 6 minutes |
| Highland Springs: | 5 minutes |
| Chester: | 6 minutes |
| Petersburg: | 6 minutes |
| Williamsburg: | 5 minutes |
Based on the data from the years 2003 - 2018 the average number of fire-related fatalities per year is 0. The highest number of reported deaths - 2 took place in 2003, and the lowest - 0 in 2005. The data has a dropping trend.
29.6% incidents where reported in the morning and 70.4% in the evening. The most fires (15.8%) took place on Saturday, and the least (11.6%) on Sunday.
Based on the 679 reports from years 2003 - 2018 most fires (13.7%) took place during February, and the least (4.7%) in October.
Out of all 2,309 cases reported during the years 2003 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (52.1%), Fire (29.4%), and Good Intent Call (7.7%).
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Outside Fires (48.7%), and Structure Fires (29.6%).