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Pinnacle: 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 55. The highest number of reported fires - 80 took place in 2008, and the least - 35 in 2017. The data has a growing trend.

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


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

Pinnacle:	9 minutes
Pilot Mountain:	9 minutes
King:	8 minutes
East Bend:	7 minutes
Rural Hall:	8 minutes
Mount Airy:	7 minutes
Lewisville:	7 minutes
Walnut Cove:	9 minutes
Dobson:	9 minutes

28.1% incidents where reported in the morning and 71.9% in the evening. The most fires (17.5%) took place on Saturday, and the least (12.9%) on Monday.
Based on the 936 fire incidents from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (14.2%) took place during January, and the least (4.0%) in June.
Out of all 3,834 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (30.4%), Fire (24.4%), and Good Intent Call (19.4%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Pinnacle, NC
• 1,16730.4%Rescue & EMS
• 93624.4%Fire
• 74219.4%Good Intent Call
• 46212.1%Service Call
• 3749.8%Hazardous Condition
• 1223.2%False Alarm
• 190.5%Severe Weather
• 80.2%Special Incident
• 40.1%Overpressure Rupture
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Structure Fires (46.5%), and Outside Fires (33.8%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Pinnacle, NC
• 43546.5%Structure Fires
• 31633.8%Outside Fires
• 10010.7%Other
• 859.1%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires