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Troutville: 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 44. The highest number of fires - 69 took place in 2008, and the least - 18 in 2003. The data has a dropping trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 9 minutes. This is higher than the state median value.


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

Troutville:	9 minutes
Blue Ridge:	11 minutes
Vinton:	10 minutes
Roanoke:	5 minutes
Buchanan:	14 minutes
Salem:	5 minutes
Bedford:	10 minutes
Covington:	8 minutes
Clifton Forge:	8 minutes

29.2% incidents where reported in the morning and 70.8% in the evening. The most fires (16.8%) took place on Sunday, and the least (12.4%) on Monday.
According to the 749 reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (12.1%) took place during February, and the least (5.9%) in June.
Out of all 5,013 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (61.1%), Fire (14.9%), and Good Intent Call (11.8%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Troutville, VA
• 3,06461.1%Rescue & EMS
• 74914.9%Fire
• 59011.8%Good Intent Call
• 3166.3%Hazardous Condition
• 1563.1%False Alarm
• 1092.2%Service Call
• 200.4%Special Incident
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Structure Fires (42.7%), and Outside Fires (26.2%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Troutville, VA
• 32042.7%Structure Fires
• 19626.2%Outside Fires
• 16522.0%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 689.1%Other