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Pineville: 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 50. The highest number of reported fires - 74 took place in 2007, and the least - 12 in 2010. The data has a dropping trend.


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

Pineville:	44.1
Marvin:	8.8
Charlotte:	21.2
Weddington:	13.6
Matthews:	16.6
Stallings:	19.4
Wesley Chapel:	13.4
Indian Trail:	24.3
Waxhaw:	59.1

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 7 minutes. This is comparable to the North Carolina median value.


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

Pineville:	7 minutes
Charlotte:	5 minutes
Matthews:	7 minutes
Indian Trail:	7 minutes
Waxhaw:	8 minutes
Belmont:	7 minutes
Mint Hill:	7 minutes
Mount Holly:	7 minutes
Gastonia:	6 minutes

Based on the data from the years 2005 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly casualties is 1. The highest number of casualties - 2 took place in 2006, and the lowest - 0 in 2007. The data has a dropping trend. The average number of injuries per 1,000 fires is 11. This indicator was the highest - 40 in 2016, and the lowest 0 in 2007. The trend for injuries per 1,000 fire incidents is declining. Compared to the North Carolina value the number of casualties per 1,000 incidents is higher.



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

Pineville:	11.5
Charlotte:	11.4
Matthews:	13.5
Indian Trail:	3.3
Waxhaw:	1.0
Belmont:	1.5
Mint Hill:	1.3
Mount Holly:	0.0
Gastonia:	10.7

28.5% incidents where reported in the morning and 71.5% in the evening. The most fires (19.5%) took place on Sunday, and the least (12.7%) on Tuesday.
Based on the 694 fire incidents from years 2005 - 2018 most fires (11.2%) took place during March, and the least (5.5%) in December.
Out of all 7,384 cases reported during the years 2005 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (50.6%), Good Intent Call (15.6%), and False Alarm (10.7%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Pineville, NC
• 3,73950.6%Rescue & EMS
• 1,15015.6%Good Intent Call
• 78810.7%False Alarm
• 6949.4%Fire
• 5267.1%Hazardous Condition
• 4546.1%Service Call
• 180.2%Special Incident
• 80.1%Severe Weather
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Structure Fires (39.8%), and Outside Fires (35.4%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Pineville, NC
• 27639.8%Structure Fires
• 24635.4%Outside Fires
• 14921.5%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 233.3%Other