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Polkton: Fire Incidents, North Carolina (NC)

2005 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents

Based on the data from the years 2005 - 2018 the average number of fires per year is 12. The highest number of fires - 34 took place in 2007, and the least - 3 in 2013. The data has an increasing trend.

27.5% incidents where reported in the morning and 72.5% in the evening. The most fires (19.9%) took place on Tuesday, and the least (10.5%) on Monday.
Based on the 171 reports from years 2005 - 2018 most fires (11.7%) took place during August, and the least (5.3%) in April.
Out of all 1,039 cases reported during the years 2005 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Overpressure Rupture (68.0%), Fire (16.5%), and Service Call (4.9%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Polkton, NC
• 70768.0%Rescue & EMS
• 17116.5%Fire
• 514.9%Good Intent Call
• 494.7%Service Call
• 323.1%Hazardous Condition
• 262.5%False Alarm
• 20.2%Severe Weather
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Structure Fires (48.0%), and Outside Fires (25.7%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Polkton, NC
• 8248.0%Structure Fires
• 4425.7%Outside Fires
• 2313.5%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 2212.9%Other