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North Myrtle Beach: Fire Incidents, South Carolina (SC)

2002 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents

Based on the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fires per year is 97. The highest number of reported fires - 153 took place in 2007, and the least - 3 in 2012. The data has an increasing trend.


The average number of yearly fire incidents per 10k residents in North Myrtle Beach, SC compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for the last 3 years, including only cities with population 5,000 and above)

North Myrtle Beach:	71.6
Little River:	64.7
Longs:	97.8
Myrtle Beach:	152.6
Conway:	147.9
Murrells Inlet:	92.8
Georgetown:	172.3
Marion:	88.9

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 4 minutes. This is lower than the South Carolina median value.


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

North Myrtle Beach:	4 minutes
Little River:	7 minutes
Calabash:	9 minutes
Sunset Beach:	8 minutes
Longs:	10 minutes
Myrtle Beach:	5 minutes
Ocean Isle Beach:	8 minutes
Shallotte:	8 minutes
Loris:	9 minutes

According to the reports from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly casualties is 2. The highest number of reported casualties - 7 took place in 2013, and the lowest - 0 in 2003. The data has a constant trend. The average number of casualties per 1,000 fires is 16. This indicator was the highest - 62 in 2017, and the lowest 0 in 2003. The trend for injuries per 1,000 fire incidents is declining. Compared to the South Carolina value the number of injuries per 1,000 fire incidents is much higher.



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

North Myrtle Beach:	16.4
Little River:	14.3
Calabash:	1.9
Sunset Beach:	6.9
Longs:	18.2
Myrtle Beach:	21.4
Ocean Isle Beach:	4.0
Shallotte:	1.3
Loris:	19.9

28.6% incidents where reported in the morning and 71.4% in the evening. The most fires (16.7%) took place on Saturday, and the least (12.4%) on Wednesday.
Based on the 1,648 incident reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (13.8%) took place during July, and the least (5.2%) in February.
Out of all 33,380 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (64.5%), False Alarm (11.6%), and Good Intent Call (7.5%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in North Myrtle Beach, SC
• 21,52764.5%Rescue & EMS
• 3,87711.6%False Alarm
• 2,5127.5%Good Intent Call
• 2,3697.1%Service Call
• 1,6484.9%Fire
• 1,3854.1%Hazardous Condition
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Structure Fires (43.6%), and Outside Fires (41.4%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in North Myrtle Beach, SC
• 71843.6%Structure Fires
• 68341.4%Outside Fires
• 20412.4%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 432.6%Other