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Fairmont: 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 fire incidents per year is 65. The highest number of fire incidents - 136 took place in 2008, and the least - 0 in 2004. The data has a growing trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 12 minutes. This is higher than the North Carolina median value.


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

Fairmont:	12 minutes
Rowland:	12 minutes
Lumberton:	7 minutes
Pembroke:	11 minutes
Bladenboro:	11 minutes
Chadbourn:	10 minutes
Maxton:	12 minutes
Red Springs:	9 minutes
Shannon:	10 minutes

27.8% incidents where reported in the morning and 72.2% in the evening. The most fires (16.0%) took place on Saturday, and the least (12.6%) on Sunday.
According to the 1,039 fire incidents from years 2003 - 2018 most fires (11.2%) took place during January, and the least (5.8%) in May.
Out of all 2,185 cases reported during the years 2003 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Fire (47.6%), Hazardous Condition (24.1%), and Good Intent Call (11.8%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Fairmont, NC
• 1,03947.6%Fire
• 52724.1%Hazardous Condition
• 25811.8%Good Intent Call
• 1989.1%Rescue & EMS
• 723.3%False Alarm
• 632.9%Service Call
• 180.8%Special Incident
• 60.3%Overpressure Rupture
• 40.2%Severe Weather
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Outside Fires (43.1%), and Structure Fires (41.3%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Fairmont, NC
• 44843.1%Outside Fires
• 42941.3%Structure Fires
• 878.4%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 757.2%Other