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Fair Play: Fire Incidents, South Carolina (SC)

2002 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents

According to the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fires per year is 38. The highest number of fire incidents - 89 took place in 2016, and the least - 12 in 2012. The data has a dropping trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 8 minutes. This is higher compared to the South Carolina median value.


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

Fair Play:	8 minutes
Lavonia:	8 minutes
Hartwell:	6 minutes
Seneca:	8 minutes
Westminster:	8 minutes
Pendleton:	8 minutes
Clemson:	6 minutes
West Union:	7 minutes
Walhalla:	6 minutes

26.0% incidents where reported in the morning and 74.0% in the evening. The most fires (18.8%) took place on Friday, and the least (11.5%) on Wednesday.
Based on the 642 reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (12.3%) took place during March, and the least (4.8%) in May.
Out of all 2,027 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (35.1%), Fire (31.7%), and Good Intent Call (12.3%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Fair Play, SC
• 71235.1%Rescue & EMS
• 64231.7%Fire
• 24912.3%Good Intent Call
• 20410.1%Hazardous Condition
• 1175.8%Service Call
• 582.9%False Alarm
• 271.3%Severe Weather
• 110.5%Overpressure Rupture
• 70.3%Special Incident
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Outside Fires (36.0%), and Structure Fires (26.9%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Fair Play, SC
• 23136.0%Outside Fires
• 17326.9%Structure Fires
• 12118.8%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 11718.2%Other