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Rustburg: Fire Incidents, Virginia (VA)

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

Based on the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire incidents per year is 50. The highest number of fire incidents - 86 took place in 2008, and the least - 27 in 2013. The data has a decreasing trend.

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


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

Rustburg:	10 minutes
Lynchburg:	5 minutes
Forest:	9 minutes
Madison Heights:	12 minutes
Appomattox:	12 minutes
Hurt:	12 minutes
Amherst:	15 minutes
Bedford:	10 minutes
Nathalie:	9 minutes

27.2% incidents where reported in the morning and 72.8% in the evening. The most fires (16.6%) took place on Saturday, and the least (11.1%) on Tuesday.
According to the 854 reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (13.7%) took place during February, and the least (4.2%) in September.
Out of all 2,684 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Fire (31.8%), Rescue & EMS (26.2%), and Hazardous Condition (23.2%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Rustburg, VA
• 85431.8%Fire
• 70226.2%Rescue & EMS
• 62323.2%Hazardous Condition
• 31911.9%Good Intent Call
• 903.4%Service Call
• 722.7%False Alarm
• 190.7%Severe Weather
• 30.1%Special Incident
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Outside Fires (45.0%), and Structure Fires (37.4%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Rustburg, VA
• 38445.0%Outside Fires
• 31937.4%Structure Fires
• 12014.1%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 313.6%Other