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Ridgeville: Fire Incidents, South Carolina (SC)

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

According to the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fires per year is 42. The highest number of fires - 99 took place in 2013, and the least - 2 in 2003. The data has a rising trend.

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


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

Ridgeville:	9 minutes
Summerville:	6 minutes
Harleyville:	9 minutes
Cross:	12 minutes
Ladson:	5 minutes
Cottageville:	9 minutes
Holly Hill:	13 minutes
Goose Creek:	5 minutes
Moncks Corner:	5 minutes

29.7% incidents where reported in the morning and 70.3% in the evening. The most fires (18.4%) took place on Saturday, and the least (11.2%) on Thursday.
According to the 713 incident reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (14.6%) took place during March, and the least (4.2%) in August.
Out of all 2,165 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (43.6%), Fire (32.9%), and Good Intent Call (12.1%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Ridgeville, SC
• 94343.6%Rescue & EMS
• 71332.9%Fire
• 26112.1%Good Intent Call
• 1185.5%Hazardous Condition
• 753.5%False Alarm
• 452.1%Service Call
• 50.2%Special Incident
• 30.1%Severe Weather
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Outside Fires (46.1%), and Structure Fires (29.0%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Ridgeville, SC
• 32946.1%Outside Fires
• 20729.0%Structure Fires
• 15722.0%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 202.8%Other