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Wallace: Fire Incidents, North Carolina (NC)

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

According to the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire incidents per year is 36. The highest number of reported fire incidents - 69 took place in 2008, and the least - 14 in 2003. The data has an increasing 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 Wallace, NC compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for all years, including only cities with at least 500 fire incidents)

Wallace:	8 minutes
Rose Hill:	9 minutes
Burgaw:	11 minutes
Kenansville:	10 minutes
Beulaville:	10 minutes
Warsaw:	12 minutes
Rocky Point:	11 minutes
Garland:	12 minutes
Clinton:	10 minutes

34.7% incidents where reported in the morning and 65.3% in the evening. The most fires (18.2%) took place on Saturday, and the least (11.9%) on Sunday.
Based on the 606 fires from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (12.5%) took place during February, and the least (5.0%) in October.
Out of all 1,795 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Fire (33.8%), Rescue & EMS (24.7%), and Good Intent Call (15.5%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Wallace, NC
• 60633.8%Fire
• 44424.7%Rescue & EMS
• 27815.5%Good Intent Call
• 19711.0%Hazardous Condition
• 1679.3%False Alarm
• 643.6%Service Call
• 271.5%Severe Weather
• 100.6%Special Incident
• 20.1%Overpressure Rupture
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Structure Fires (55.3%), and Outside Fires (27.4%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Wallace, NC
• 33555.3%Structure Fires
• 16627.4%Outside Fires
• 6310.4%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 426.9%Other