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Maxton: Fire Incidents, North Carolina (NC)

2005 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents

According to the data from the years 2005 - 2018 the average number of fire incidents per year is 168. The highest number of reported fire incidents - 249 took place in 2007, and the least - 72 in 2009. The data has a rising trend.

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


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

Maxton:	12 minutes
Laurinburg:	5 minutes
Pembroke:	11 minutes
Red Springs:	9 minutes
Shannon:	10 minutes
Rowland:	12 minutes
Raeford:	8 minutes
Lumber Bridge:	10 minutes
Lumberton:	7 minutes

25.9% incidents where reported in the morning and 74.1% in the evening. The most fires (16.1%) took place on Wednesday, and the least (12.5%) on Sunday.
Based on the 2,366 reports from years 2005 - 2018 most fires (13.0%) took place during February, and the least (5.7%) in May.
Out of all 3,852 cases reported during the years 2005 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Fire (61.4%), Rescue & EMS (14.8%), and Good Intent Call (10.5%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Maxton, NC
• 2,36661.4%Fire
• 56914.8%Rescue & EMS
• 40510.5%Good Intent Call
• 1804.7%Service Call
• 1554.0%Hazardous Condition
• 1513.9%False Alarm
• 230.6%Severe Weather
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Outside Fires (58.7%), and Structure Fires (32.8%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Maxton, NC
• 1,38858.7%Outside Fires
• 77532.8%Structure Fires
• 1305.5%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 733.1%Other