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Newland: 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 46. The highest number of fires - 95 took place in 2015, and the least - 12 in 2003. The data has an increasing trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 8 minutes. This is higher compared to the North Carolina median value.


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

Newland:	8 minutes
Spruce Pine:	10 minutes
Boone:	6 minutes
Burnsville:	9 minutes
Lenoir:	4 minutes
Morganton:	7 minutes
Marion:	9 minutes
Hudson:	4 minutes
Valdese:	6 minutes

32.3% incidents where reported in the morning and 67.7% in the evening. The most fires (16.5%) took place on Wednesday, and the least (12.2%) on Thursday.
Based on the 780 fire incidents from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (15.5%) took place during April, and the least (3.6%) in June.
Out of all 3,047 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (43.3%), Fire (25.6%), and Hazardous Condition (15.8%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Newland, NC
• 1,31843.3%Rescue & EMS
• 78025.6%Fire
• 48215.8%Hazardous Condition
• 1846.0%Good Intent Call
• 1173.8%Service Call
• 1143.7%False Alarm
• 351.1%Severe Weather
• 130.4%Special Incident
• 40.1%Overpressure Rupture
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Structure Fires (59.6%), and Outside Fires (27.8%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Newland, NC
• 46559.6%Structure Fires
• 21727.8%Outside Fires
• 546.9%Other
• 445.6%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires