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Lyman: Fire Incidents, South Carolina (SC)

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 56. The highest number of fire incidents - 93 took place in 2016, and the least - 27 in 2009. The data has a growing trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 5 minutes. This is lower compared to the South Carolina median value.


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

Lyman:	5 minutes
Wellford:	7 minutes
Duncan:	6 minutes
Greer:	5 minutes
Inman:	7 minutes
Boiling Springs:	7 minutes
Roebuck:	7 minutes
Taylors:	5 minutes
Campobello:	9 minutes

27.4% incidents where reported in the morning and 72.6% in the evening. The most fires (17.4%) took place on Friday, and the least (12.6%) on Tuesday.
According to the 892 fire incidents from years 2003 - 2018 most fires (12.1%) took place during February, and the least (5.3%) in December.
Out of all 4,250 cases reported during the years 2003 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (45.2%), Fire (21.0%), and Hazardous Condition (11.6%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Lyman, SC
• 1,92245.2%Rescue & EMS
• 89221.0%Fire
• 49511.6%Hazardous Condition
• 3408.0%Good Intent Call
• 2967.0%Service Call
• 2465.8%False Alarm
• 441.0%Special Incident
• 100.2%Severe Weather
• 50.1%Overpressure Rupture
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Outside Fires (45.4%), and Structure Fires (36.0%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Lyman, SC
• 40545.4%Outside Fires
• 32136.0%Structure Fires
• 12313.8%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 434.8%Other