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Swansea: Fire Incidents, South Carolina (SC)

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

According to the data from the years 2003 - 2018 the average number of fires per year is 73. The highest number of reported fire incidents - 115 took place in 2005, and the least - 5 in 2003. The data has a rising trend.

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


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

Swansea:	8 minutes
Gaston:	8 minutes
North:	9 minutes
Pelion:	8 minutes
Neeses:	11 minutes
Cayce:	5 minutes
Wagener:	10 minutes
Hopkins:	9 minutes
West Columbia:	6 minutes

Based on the data from the years 2003 - 2018 the average number of fire-related casualties per year is 1. The highest number of casualties - 4 took place in 2015, and the lowest - 0 in 2003. The data has an increasing trend. The average number of casualties per 1,000 fire incidents is 10. This indicator was the highest - 71 in 2015, and the lowest 0 in 2003. The trend for casualties per 1,000 fires is rising. Compared to the South Carolina value the number of casualties per 1,000 fires is higher.



Casualties per 1,000 incidents in Swansea, SC compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for all years, including only cities with at least 500 fire incidents)

Swansea:	11.2
Gaston:	8.6
North:	0.9
Pelion:	7.7
Neeses:	0.0
Cayce:	8.5
Wagener:	1.0
Hopkins:	6.9
West Columbia:	11.8

24.8% incidents where reported in the morning and 75.2% in the evening. The most fires (16.1%) took place on Wednesday, and the least (12.5%) on Tuesday.
According to the 1,165 fire incidents from years 2003 - 2018 most fires (12.3%) took place during March, and the least (5.8%) in August.
Out of all 3,452 cases reported during the years 2003 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (40.9%), Fire (33.7%), and Service Call (7.9%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Swansea, SC
• 1,41240.9%Rescue & EMS
• 1,16533.7%Fire
• 2747.9%Service Call
• 2477.2%Good Intent Call
• 2055.9%Hazardous Condition
• 1263.7%False Alarm
• 160.5%Severe Weather
• 40.1%Overpressure Rupture
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Outside Fires (58.5%), and Structure Fires (24.5%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Swansea, SC
• 68158.5%Outside Fires
• 28524.5%Structure Fires
• 19817.0%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires