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Sanford: 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 10. The highest number of fires - 33 took place in 2015, and the least - 0 in 2004. The data has a growing trend.

31.8% incidents where reported in the morning and 68.2% in the evening. The most fires (20.0%) took place on Saturday, and the least (8.8%) on Thursday.
According to the 170 fire incidents from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (20.6%) took place during April, and the least (1.2%) in October.
Out of all 385 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Overpressure Rupture (47.0%), Fire (44.2%), and Service Call (5.7%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Sanford, VA
• 18147.0%Rescue & EMS
• 17044.2%Fire
• 225.7%Good Intent Call
• 82.1%Hazardous Condition
• 20.5%Service Call
• 20.5%False Alarm
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Outside Fires (51.8%), and Structure Fires (44.7%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Sanford, VA
• 8851.8%Outside Fires
• 7644.7%Structure Fires
• 52.9%Other
• 10.6%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires