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Richlands: Fire Incidents, North Carolina (NC)

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 76. The highest number of fire incidents - 177 took place in 2011, and the least - 0 in 2007. The data has a growing trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 11 minutes. This is higher than the North Carolina median value.


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

Richlands:	11 minutes
Jacksonville:	9 minutes
Beulaville:	10 minutes
Trenton:	10 minutes
Kenansville:	10 minutes
Sneads Ferry:	10 minutes
Kinston:	5 minutes
Rose Hill:	9 minutes
Wallace:	8 minutes

26.4% incidents where reported in the morning and 73.6% in the evening. The most fires (18.1%) took place on Saturday, and the least (12.5%) on Thursday.
According to the 1,293 reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (13.8%) took place during March, and the least (5.7%) in October.
Out of all 4,236 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Fire (30.5%), Hazardous Condition (22.4%), and Good Intent Call (21.7%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Richlands, NC
• 1,29330.5%Fire
• 94922.4%Hazardous Condition
• 92121.7%Good Intent Call
• 61214.4%Rescue & EMS
• 3237.6%False Alarm
• 1122.6%Service Call
• 110.3%Severe Weather
• 80.2%Special Incident
• 70.2%Overpressure Rupture
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Structure Fires (47.9%), and Outside Fires (39.1%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Richlands, NC
• 61947.9%Structure Fires
• 50639.1%Outside Fires
• 1199.2%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 493.8%Other