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China Grove: Fire Incidents, North Carolina (NC)

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 55. The highest number of fire incidents - 95 took place in 2015, and the least - 9 in 2003. The data has a growing trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 8 minutes. This is higher than the North Carolina median value.


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

China Grove:	8 minutes
Kannapolis:	5 minutes
Salisbury:	7 minutes
Rockwell:	8 minutes
Concord:	5 minutes
Mooresville:	6 minutes
Davidson:	7 minutes
Cornelius:	5 minutes
Huntersville:	6 minutes

31.5% incidents where reported in the morning and 68.5% in the evening. The most fires (18.0%) took place on Monday, and the least (10.2%) on Thursday.
Based on the 879 fire incidents from years 2003 - 2018 most fires (11.8%) took place during March, and the least (4.3%) in September.
Out of all 6,068 cases reported during the years 2003 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (49.9%), Good Intent Call (15.6%), and Fire (14.5%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in China Grove, NC
• 3,02649.9%Rescue & EMS
• 94915.6%Good Intent Call
• 87914.5%Fire
• 4858.0%Service Call
• 3525.8%False Alarm
• 3465.7%Hazardous Condition
• 130.2%Severe Weather
• 100.2%Overpressure Rupture
• 80.1%Special Incident
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Structure Fires (53.2%), and Outside Fires (28.3%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in China Grove, NC
• 46853.2%Structure Fires
• 24928.3%Outside Fires
• 11713.3%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 455.1%Other