Black Mountain: Fire Incidents, North Carolina (NC)
Where are fire incidents reported in Black Mountain, NC
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2005 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents
- Incident types reported to NFIRS in Black Mountain, NC
- 3,44549.0%Rescue & EMS
- 97713.9%Service Call
- 91813.1%Good Intent Call
- 6339.0%Hazardous Condition
- 6198.8%Fire
- 4095.8%False Alarm
- 280.4%Severe Weather
- Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Black Mountain, NC
- 27644.6%Outside Fires
- 26142.2%Structure Fires
- 7512.1%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
- 71.1%Other
Based on the data from the years 2005 - 2018 the average number of fire incidents per year is 44. The highest number of reported fires - 104 took place in 2015, and the least - 4 in 2005. The data has an increasing trend.The average number of yearly fire incidents per 10k residents in Black Mountain, NC compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for the last 3 years, including only cities with population 5,000 and above)
| Black Mountain: | 52.0 |
| Asheville: | 57.3 |
| Woodfin: | 16.7 |
| Fletcher: | 69.5 |
| Marion: | 300.1 |
| Mills River: | 33.9 |
| Hendersonville: | 141.4 |
| Etowah: | 17.3 |
| Forest City: | 99.2 |
The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 6 minutes. This is about the same as the state median value.The median response time in Black Mountain, NC compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for all years, including only cities with at least 500 fire incidents)
| Black Mountain: | 6 minutes |
| Swannanoa: | 8 minutes |
| Old Fort: | 11 minutes |
| Fairview: | 8 minutes |
| Asheville: | 4 minutes |
| Weaverville: | 7 minutes |
| Lake Lure: | 10 minutes |
| Fletcher: | 7 minutes |
| Marion: | 9 minutes |
According to the reports from the years 2005 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly casualties is 1. The highest number of reported injuries - 3 took place in 2006, and the lowest - 0 in 2005. The data has a constant trend.
The average number of injuries per 1,000 fire incidents is 14. This indicator was the highest - 83 in 2006, and the lowest 0 in 2005. The trend for casualties per 1,000 fire incidents is constant. Compared to the North Carolina value the number of casualties per 1,000 incidents is much higher.
29.1% incidents where reported in the morning and 70.9% in the evening. The most fires (17.6%) took place on Tuesday, and the least (12.3%) on Thursday.
Based on the 619 incident reports from years 2005 - 2018 most fires (17.9%) took place during March, and the least (2.4%) in September.
Out of all 7,033 cases reported during the years 2005 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (49.0%), Service Call (13.9%), and Good Intent Call (13.1%).
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Outside Fires (44.6%), and Structure Fires (42.2%).