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Rutherfordton: Fire Incidents, North Carolina (NC)

2003 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents

Based on the data from the years 2003 - 2018 the average number of fires per year is 92. The highest number of reported fire incidents - 158 took place in 2007, and the least - 10 in 2003. The data has a growing trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 8 minutes. This is higher compared to the state median value.


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

Rutherfordton:	8 minutes
Forest City:	6 minutes
Bostic:	10 minutes
Ellenboro:	8 minutes
Lake Lure:	10 minutes
Mooresboro:	9 minutes
Old Fort:	11 minutes
Marion:	9 minutes
Lawndale:	8 minutes

29.4% incidents where reported in the morning and 70.6% in the evening. The most fires (15.2%) took place on Thursday, and the least (12.9%) on Sunday.
Based on the 1,478 fire incidents from years 2003 - 2018 most fires (11.4%) took place during February, and the least (4.5%) in October.
Out of all 8,072 cases reported during the years 2003 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (39.3%), Hazardous Condition (23.3%), and Fire (18.3%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Rutherfordton, NC
• 3,17139.3%Rescue & EMS
• 1,87923.3%Hazardous Condition
• 1,47818.3%Fire
• 7249.0%Good Intent Call
• 3644.5%False Alarm
• 3384.2%Service Call
• 881.1%Severe Weather
• 240.3%Special Incident
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Structure Fires (44.4%), and Outside Fires (38.5%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Rutherfordton, NC
• 65644.4%Structure Fires
• 56938.5%Outside Fires
• 15110.2%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 1026.9%Other