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Butner: 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 fires per year is 28. The highest number of fire incidents - 48 took place in 2002, and the least - 2 in 2012. The data has a decreasing trend.

The average number of yearly fire incidents per 10k residents in Butner, NC compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for the last 3 years, including only cities with population 5,000 and above)
Butner:	13.0
Durham:	32.5
Oxford:	123.2
Wake Forest:	42.9
Hillsborough:	146.6
Roxboro:	203.9
Chapel Hill:	39.1
Morrisville:	25.0
Rolesville:	25.9

According to the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related casualties per year is 1. The highest number of reported injuries - 3 took place in 2014, and the lowest - 0 in 2002. The data has a constant trend.
30.7% incidents where reported in the morning and 69.3% in the evening. The most fires (16.3%) took place on Friday, and the least (11.3%) on Saturday.
According to the 479 fires from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (10.2%) took place during February, and the least (6.3%) in October.
Out of all 1,800 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: False Alarm (39.4%), Fire (26.6%), and Hazardous Condition (16.4%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Butner, NC
• 71039.4%False Alarm
• 47926.6%Fire
• 29616.4%Hazardous Condition
• 1699.4%Rescue & EMS
• 1055.8%Good Intent Call
• 281.6%Service Call
• 60.3%Overpressure Rupture
• 60.3%Special Incident
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Structure Fires (35.5%), and Outside Fires (34.2%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Butner, NC
• 17035.5%Structure Fires
• 16434.2%Outside Fires
• 10822.5%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 377.7%Other