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Whitwell: Fire Incidents, Tennessee (TN)

2004 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents

Based on the data from the years 2004 - 2018 the average number of fire incidents per year is 92. The highest number of reported fires - 162 took place in 2013, and the least - 31 in 2004. The data has a rising trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 11 minutes. This is higher compared to the state median value.


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

Whitwell:	11 minutes
Jasper:	11 minutes
Signal Mountain:	6 minutes
Dunlap:	13 minutes
Chattanooga:	5 minutes
Rossville:	9 minutes
East Ridge:	4 minutes
Trenton:	9 minutes
Fort Oglethorpe:	6 minutes

30.7% incidents where reported in the morning and 69.3% in the evening. The most fires (15.3%) took place on Monday, and the least (12.8%) on Friday.
According to the 1,389 fires from years 2004 - 2018 most fires (12.5%) took place during March, and the least (5.8%) in September.
Out of all 2,018 cases reported during the years 2004 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Fire (68.8%), Hazardous Condition (8.6%), and Rescue & EMS (7.7%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Whitwell, TN
• 1,38968.8%Fire
• 1748.6%Hazardous Condition
• 1567.7%Rescue & EMS
• 1246.1%Service Call
• 904.5%Good Intent Call
• 673.3%False Alarm
• 110.5%Severe Weather
• 60.3%Overpressure Rupture
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Structure Fires (52.1%), and Outside Fires (33.0%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Whitwell, TN
• 72452.1%Structure Fires
• 45933.0%Outside Fires
• 1329.5%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 745.3%Other