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Emerald Isle: 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 33. The highest number of reported fires - 55 took place in 2018, and the least - 15 in 2003. The data has a growing trend.

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


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

Emerald Isle:	6 minutes
Swansboro:	8 minutes
Newport:	9 minutes
Morehead City:	5 minutes
Havelock:	10 minutes
Beaufort:	8 minutes
Sneads Ferry:	10 minutes
Jacksonville:	9 minutes
New Bern:	6 minutes

30.1% incidents where reported in the morning and 69.9% in the evening. The most fires (19.2%) took place on Saturday, and the least (10.7%) on Wednesday.
Based on the 568 reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (15.1%) took place during July, and the least (5.1%) in January.
Out of all 5,862 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (59.9%), Hazardous Condition (10.0%), and Fire (9.7%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Emerald Isle, NC
• 3,51459.9%Rescue & EMS
• 58910.0%Hazardous Condition
• 5689.7%Fire
• 5218.9%Good Intent Call
• 3375.7%Service Call
• 3055.2%False Alarm
• 170.3%Special Incident
• 80.1%Severe Weather
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Structure Fires (45.2%), and Outside Fires (32.7%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Emerald Isle, NC
• 25745.2%Structure Fires
• 18632.7%Outside Fires
• 9717.1%Other
• 284.9%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires