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Gastonia: Fire Incidents, North Carolina (NC)

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 219. The highest number of reported fire incidents - 427 took place in 2015, and the least - 22 in 2005. The data has a declining trend.


The average number of yearly fire incidents per 10k residents in Gastonia, NC compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for the last 3 years, including only cities with population 5,000 and above)

Gastonia:	18.4
Bessemer City:	46.8
Belmont:	50.1
Kings Mountain:	112.4
Mount Holly:	58.7
Cherryville:	89.2
Lincolnton:	216.8
Charlotte:	21.2
Pineville:	44.1

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 6 minutes. This is comparable to the North Carolina median value.


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

Gastonia:	6 minutes
Dallas:	8 minutes
Belmont:	7 minutes
Stanley:	8 minutes
Kings Mountain:	7 minutes
Mount Holly:	7 minutes
Cherryville:	7 minutes
Lincolnton:	6 minutes
Grover:	7 minutes

According to the reports from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly deaths is 1. The highest number of reported deaths - 3 took place in 2011, and the lowest - 0 in 2002. The data has a constant trend. The average number of deaths per 1,000 fires is 2. This indicator was the highest - 11 in 2011, and the lowest 0 in 2002. The trend for fatalities per 1,000 incidents is constant. Compared to the North Carolina value the number of fatalities per 1,000 fires is much higher.


Deaths per 1,000 incidents in Gastonia, NC compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for all years, including only cities with at least 2,500 fire incidents)

Gastonia:	3.0
Lincolnton:	2.4
Charlotte:	2.2
Shelby:	1.1
Mooresville:	0.0

Based on the reports from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related casualties per year is 2. The highest number of reported injuries - 10 took place in 2010, and the lowest - 0 in 2002. The data has a constant trend. The average number of casualties per 1,000 fires is 15. This indicator was the highest - 77 in 2004, and the lowest 0 in 2002. The trend for casualties per 1,000 fire incidents is constant. Compared to the North Carolina value the number of injuries per 1,000 fires is higher.



Casualties per 1,000 incidents in Gastonia, NC compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for all years, including only cities with at least 500 fire incidents)

Gastonia:	10.7
Dallas:	0.0
Belmont:	1.5
Stanley:	1.8
Kings Mountain:	1.2
Mount Holly:	0.0
Cherryville:	0.0
Lincolnton:	7.4
Grover:	0.0

29.8% incidents where reported in the morning and 70.2% in the evening. The most fires (15.2%) took place on Monday, and the least (13.0%) on Tuesday.
According to the 3,727 fire incidents from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (13.0%) took place during July, and the least (6.8%) in September.
Out of all 38,413 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (53.5%), Hazardous Condition (12.9%), and Good Intent Call (11.7%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Gastonia, NC
• 20,56953.5%Rescue & EMS
• 4,97312.9%Hazardous Condition
• 4,48811.7%Good Intent Call
• 3,7279.7%Fire
• 2,4716.4%Service Call
• 2,0745.4%False Alarm
• 530.1%Severe Weather
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Structure Fires (43.1%), and Outside Fires (39.1%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Gastonia, NC
• 1,60643.1%Structure Fires
• 1,45639.1%Outside Fires
• 55314.8%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 1123.0%Other