Forest: Fire Incidents, Virginia (VA)
Where are fire incidents reported in Forest, VA
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2002 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents
- Incident types reported to NFIRS in Forest, VA
- 2,44843.1%Rescue & EMS
- 1,05018.5%Good Intent Call
- 91016.0%Fire
- 59010.4%Hazardous Condition
- 3576.3%Service Call
- 2895.1%False Alarm
- 260.5%Severe Weather
- 100.2%Special Incident
- Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Forest, VA
- 44448.8%Structure Fires
- 31234.3%Outside Fires
- 12113.3%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
- 333.6%Other
According to the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire incidents per year is 54. The highest number of fire incidents - 92 took place in 2010, and the least - 24 in 2017. The data has a growing trend.The average number of yearly fire incidents per 10k residents in Forest, VA compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for the last 3 years, including only cities with population 5,000 and above)
| Forest: | 44.3 |
| Timberlake: | 0.8 |
| Lynchburg: | 28.0 |
| Madison Heights: | 66.8 |
| Bedford: | 163.4 |
| Buena Vista: | 75.7 |
| Lexington: | 145.4 |
| Vinton: | 79.9 |
| Hollins: | 1.4 |
The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 9 minutes. This is higher compared to the Virginia median value.The median response time in Forest, VA compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for all years, including only cities with at least 500 fire incidents)
| Forest: | 9 minutes |
| Lynchburg: | 5 minutes |
| Madison Heights: | 12 minutes |
| Rustburg: | 10 minutes |
| Bedford: | 10 minutes |
| Amherst: | 15 minutes |
| Hurt: | 12 minutes |
| Appomattox: | 12 minutes |
| Buchanan: | 14 minutes |
25.1% incidents where reported in the morning and 74.9% in the evening. The most fires (17.8%) took place on Sunday, and the least (12.3%) on Thursday.
Based on the 910 incident reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (13.1%) took place during February, and the least (5.4%) in May.
Out of all 5,680 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Overpressure Rupture (43.1%), Service Call (18.5%), and Fire (16.0%).
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Structure Fires (48.8%), and Outside Fires (34.3%).