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Rocky Point: Fire Incidents, North Carolina (NC)

2004 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents

Based on the data from the years 2004 - 2018 the average number of fires per year is 60. The highest number of reported fire incidents - 127 took place in 2011, and the least - 0 in 2006. The data has a rising trend.

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


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

Rocky Point:	11 minutes
Castle Hayne:	6 minutes
Burgaw:	11 minutes
Wilmington:	5 minutes
Leland:	10 minutes
Holly Ridge:	9 minutes
Wallace:	8 minutes
Carolina Beach:	6 minutes
Rose Hill:	9 minutes

25.8% incidents where reported in the morning and 74.2% in the evening. The most fires (17.1%) took place on Monday, and the least (12.0%) on Tuesday.
Based on the 903 fire incident reports from years 2004 - 2018 most fires (16.9%) took place during February, and the least (5.4%) in November.
Out of all 4,093 cases reported during the years 2004 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (32.6%), Good Intent Call (24.7%), and Fire (22.1%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Rocky Point, NC
• 1,33432.6%Rescue & EMS
• 1,01124.7%Good Intent Call
• 90322.1%Fire
• 3428.4%Service Call
• 2496.1%Hazardous Condition
• 2145.2%False Alarm
• 260.6%Severe Weather
• 100.2%Special Incident
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Structure Fires (40.9%), and Outside Fires (39.9%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Rocky Point, NC
• 36940.9%Structure Fires
• 36039.9%Outside Fires
• 15617.3%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 182.0%Other