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West Union: Fire Incidents, South Carolina (SC)

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

Based on the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fires per year is 31. The highest number of reported fires - 51 took place in 2008, and the least - 10 in 2003. The data has a growing trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 7 minutes. This is comparable to the state median value.


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

West Union:	7 minutes
Walhalla:	6 minutes
Westminster:	8 minutes
Seneca:	8 minutes
Six Mile:	7 minutes
Clemson:	6 minutes
Central:	6 minutes
Pendleton:	8 minutes
Fair Play:	8 minutes

27.9% incidents where reported in the morning and 72.1% in the evening. The most fires (18.8%) took place on Saturday, and the least (12.0%) on Wednesday.
Based on the 526 fire incident reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (14.4%) took place during January, and the least (4.8%) in September.
Out of all 2,315 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Hazardous Condition (27.9%), Fire (22.7%), and Good Intent Call (18.9%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in West Union, SC
• 64627.9%Hazardous Condition
• 52622.7%Fire
• 43718.9%Good Intent Call
• 38416.6%Rescue & EMS
• 1436.2%Service Call
• 1365.9%False Alarm
• 341.5%Severe Weather
• 70.3%Special Incident
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Outside Fires (44.7%), and Structure Fires (39.2%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in West Union, SC
• 23544.7%Outside Fires
• 20639.2%Structure Fires
• 5610.6%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 295.5%Other