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Cullowhee: 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 22. The highest number of fires - 49 took place in 2008, and the least - 2 in 2004. The data has a declining trend.

The average number of yearly fire incidents per 10k residents in Cullowhee, NC compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for the last 3 years, including only cities with population 5,000 and above)
Cullowhee:	21.9
Waynesville:	170.1
Brevard:	130.0
Etowah:	17.3
Mills River:	33.9
Fletcher:	69.5
Asheville:	57.3
Woodfin:	16.7
Hendersonville:	141.4

31.0% incidents where reported in the morning and 69.0% in the evening. The most fires (17.9%) took place on Wednesday, and the least (10.4%) on Sunday.
According to the 374 incident reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (13.9%) took place during November, and the least (4.8%) in August.
Out of all 3,101 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Hazardous Condition (37.5%), False Alarm (18.6%), and Rescue & EMS (17.9%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Cullowhee, NC
• 1,16337.5%Hazardous Condition
• 57618.6%False Alarm
• 55417.9%Rescue & EMS
• 37412.1%Fire
• 32710.5%Good Intent Call
• 762.5%Service Call
• 130.4%Overpressure Rupture
• 100.3%Severe Weather
• 80.3%Special Incident
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Structure Fires (62.0%), and Outside Fires (21.4%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Cullowhee, NC
• 23262.0%Structure Fires
• 8021.4%Outside Fires
• 4612.3%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 164.3%Other