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Rocky Mount: Fire Incidents, Virginia (VA)

2002 - 2016 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents

According to the data from the years 2002 - 2016 the average number of fire incidents per year is 110. The highest number of fire incidents - 174 took place in 2014, and the least - 7 in 2002. The data has an increasing trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 10 minutes. This is higher compared to the Virginia median value.


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

Rocky Mount:	10 minutes
Bassett:	10 minutes
Vinton:	10 minutes
Collinsville:	8 minutes
Roanoke:	5 minutes
Martinsville:	7 minutes
Salem:	5 minutes
Floyd:	16 minutes
Blue Ridge:	11 minutes

31.3% incidents where reported in the morning and 68.7% in the evening. The most fires (15.9%) took place on Saturday, and the least (12.9%) on Tuesday.
According to the 1,643 fires from years 2002 - 2016 most fires (12.0%) took place during March, and the least (5.3%) in September.
Out of all 4,407 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2016, the most belonged to the categories: Fire (37.3%), Rescue & EMS (32.2%), and Hazardous Condition (11.9%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Rocky Mount, VA
• 1,64337.3%Fire
• 1,41832.2%Rescue & EMS
• 52511.9%Hazardous Condition
• 3588.1%Good Intent Call
• 2726.2%False Alarm
• 942.1%Special Incident
• 922.1%Service Call
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Structure Fires (42.0%), and Outside Fires (40.3%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Rocky Mount, VA
• 69042.0%Structure Fires
• 66240.3%Outside Fires
• 18511.3%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 1066.5%Other