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Harrisburg: 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 28. The highest number of fires - 54 took place in 2013, and the least - 0 in 2008. The data has a dropping trend.

The average number of yearly fire incidents per 10k residents in Harrisburg, NC compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for the last 3 years, including only cities with population 5,000 and above)
Harrisburg:	21.2
Concord:	31.7
Mint Hill:	26.7
Kannapolis:	24.5
Charlotte:	21.2
Huntersville:	7.4
Matthews:	16.6
Davidson:	19.2
Stallings:	19.4

28.4% incidents where reported in the morning and 71.6% in the evening. The most fires (17.5%) took place on Friday, and the least (12.0%) on Monday.
Based on the 475 reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (11.8%) took place during February, and the least (5.5%) in August.
Out of all 7,519 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (45.8%), Good Intent Call (22.6%), and Service Call (9.8%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Harrisburg, NC
• 3,44545.8%Rescue & EMS
• 1,70222.6%Good Intent Call
• 7349.8%Service Call
• 7049.4%False Alarm
• 4756.3%Fire
• 4005.3%Hazardous Condition
• 360.5%Severe Weather
• 170.2%Overpressure Rupture
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Structure Fires (43.6%), and Outside Fires (37.7%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Harrisburg, NC
• 20743.6%Structure Fires
• 17937.7%Outside Fires
• 6213.1%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 275.7%Other