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Kitty Hawk: 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 36. The highest number of fires - 78 took place in 2009, and the least - 4 in 2004. The data has a rising 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 Kitty Hawk, NC compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for all years, including only cities with at least 500 fire incidents)

Kitty Hawk:	6 minutes
Kill Devil Hills:	5 minutes
Nags Head:	6 minutes
Elizabeth City:	5 minutes
Hertford:	11 minutes
Edenton:	6 minutes
Plymouth:	7 minutes
Ahoskie:	6 minutes
Williamston:	5 minutes

29.4% incidents where reported in the morning and 70.6% in the evening. The most fires (16.4%) took place on Saturday, and the least (10.5%) on Wednesday.
Based on the 608 incident reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (15.0%) took place during July, and the least (3.8%) in November.
Out of all 6,070 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Good Intent Call (28.2%), Rescue & EMS (25.7%), and Hazardous Condition (17.9%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Kitty Hawk, NC
• 1,71328.2%Good Intent Call
• 1,55825.7%Rescue & EMS
• 1,08817.9%Hazardous Condition
• 72612.0%Service Call
• 60810.0%Fire
• 2904.8%False Alarm
• 721.2%Severe Weather
• 80.1%Special Incident
• 70.1%Overpressure Rupture
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Structure Fires (50.3%), and Outside Fires (31.1%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Kitty Hawk, NC
• 30650.3%Structure Fires
• 18931.1%Outside Fires
• 6911.3%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 447.2%Other