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Parksley: Fire Incidents, Virginia (VA)

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

Based on the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire incidents per year is 66. The highest number of fire incidents - 105 took place in 2011, and the least - 26 in 2009. The data has a constant trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 9 minutes. This is higher compared to the state median value.


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

Parksley:	9 minutes
Bloxom:	10 minutes
Accomac:	11 minutes
Onancock:	10 minutes
Melfa:	10 minutes
Painter:	11 minutes
Crisfield:	9 minutes
Exmore:	11 minutes
Pocomoke City:	7 minutes

34.4% incidents where reported in the morning and 65.6% in the evening. The most fires (16.8%) took place on Wednesday, and the least (10.0%) on Sunday.
Based on the 1,117 incident reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (11.2%) took place during January, and the least (5.9%) in June.
Out of all 4,715 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (56.2%), Fire (23.7%), and Good Intent Call (8.3%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Parksley, VA
• 2,64856.2%Rescue & EMS
• 1,11723.7%Fire
• 3938.3%Good Intent Call
• 3427.3%Hazardous Condition
• 1112.4%False Alarm
• 891.9%Service Call
• 90.2%Severe Weather
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Structure Fires (57.6%), and Outside Fires (25.1%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Parksley, VA
• 64357.6%Structure Fires
• 28025.1%Outside Fires
• 11710.5%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 776.9%Other