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Louisburg: 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 fires per year is 138. The highest number of reported fire incidents - 205 took place in 2013, and the least - 79 in 2005. The data has a growing trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 7 minutes. This is about the same as the state median value.


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

Louisburg:	7 minutes
Franklinton:	9 minutes
Bunn:	8 minutes
Youngsville:	9 minutes
Wake Forest:	6 minutes
Spring Hope:	11 minutes
Henderson:	6 minutes
Zebulon:	6 minutes
Nashville:	9 minutes

Based on the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related fatalities per year is 0. The highest number of reported deaths - 1 took place in 2003, and the lowest - 0 in 2002. The data has a constant trend.

Based on the reports from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly casualties is 0. The highest number of reported casualties - 2 took place in 2003, and the lowest - 0 in 2002. The data has a rising trend. The average number of casualties per 1,000 fire incidents is 3. This indicator was the highest - 15 in 2003, and the lowest 0 in 2002. The trend for casualties per 1,000 fires is increasing. Compared to the North Carolina value the number of injuries per 1,000 fires is much lower.



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

Louisburg:	3.0
Franklinton:	2.5
Bunn:	0.0
Youngsville:	0.0
Wake Forest:	2.2
Spring Hope:	6.2
Henderson:	10.7
Zebulon:	2.6
Nashville:	5.6

28.3% incidents where reported in the morning and 71.7% in the evening. The most fires (15.8%) took place on Saturday, and the least (12.7%) on Thursday.
According to the 2,341 reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (11.7%) took place during February, and the least (5.5%) in October.
Out of all 7,669 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Fire (30.5%), Hazardous Condition (29.2%), and Good Intent Call (14.3%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Louisburg, NC
• 2,34130.5%Fire
• 2,24129.2%Hazardous Condition
• 1,09714.3%Good Intent Call
• 98612.9%Rescue & EMS
• 7089.2%False Alarm
• 1682.2%Service Call
• 931.2%Severe Weather
• 190.2%Overpressure Rupture
• 160.2%Special Incident
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Structure Fires (39.6%), and Outside Fires (36.4%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Louisburg, NC
• 92839.6%Structure Fires
• 85136.4%Outside Fires
• 31213.3%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 25010.7%Other