Jump to a detailed profile or search site with

Gilbert: Fire Incidents, South Carolina (SC)

2003 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents

Based on the data from the years 2003 - 2018 the average number of fire incidents per year is 52. The highest number of fires - 94 took place in 2016, and the least - 0 in 2009. The data has a rising trend.

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


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

Gilbert:	8 minutes
Lexington:	7 minutes
Pelion:	8 minutes
Irmo:	8 minutes
Chapin:	8 minutes
Gaston:	8 minutes
West Columbia:	6 minutes
Wagener:	10 minutes
Cayce:	5 minutes

According to the reports from the years 2003 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly casualties is 0. The highest number of reported injuries - 1 took place in 2004, and the lowest - 0 in 2003. The data has a constant trend. The average number of injuries per 1,000 fire incidents is 4. This indicator was the highest - 15 in 2004, and the lowest 0 in 2003. The trend for casualties per 1,000 incidents is constant. Compared to the South Carolina value the number of casualties per 1,000 incidents is lower.



Casualties per 1,000 incidents in Gilbert, SC compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for all years, including only cities with at least 500 fire incidents)

Gilbert:	6.0
Lexington:	6.8
Pelion:	7.7
Irmo:	11.9
Chapin:	1.9
Gaston:	8.6
West Columbia:	11.8
Wagener:	1.0
Cayce:	8.5

28.1% incidents where reported in the morning and 71.9% in the evening. The most fires (18.7%) took place on Saturday, and the least (11.3%) on Wednesday.
Based on the 839 incident reports from years 2003 - 2018 most fires (12.4%) took place during March, and the least (5.8%) in August.
Out of all 2,990 cases reported during the years 2003 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (38.7%), Fire (28.1%), and Service Call (11.5%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Gilbert, SC
• 1,15738.7%Rescue & EMS
• 83928.1%Fire
• 34411.5%Service Call
• 2769.2%Good Intent Call
• 1796.0%Hazardous Condition
• 1775.9%False Alarm
• 130.4%Severe Weather
• 40.1%Special Incident
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Outside Fires (59.4%), and Structure Fires (24.0%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Gilbert, SC
• 49859.4%Outside Fires
• 20124.0%Structure Fires
• 13916.6%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 10.1%Other