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Hickory: 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 352. The highest number of fire incidents - 510 took place in 2002, and the least - 222 in 2017. The data has a decreasing trend.


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

Hickory:	72.1
Conover:	47.5
Newton:	24.1
Lenoir:	95.8
Lincolnton:	216.8
Morganton:	134.4
Cherryville:	89.2
Statesville:	105.5
Mooresville:	71.8

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 5 minutes. This is lower than the state median value.


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

Hickory:	5 minutes
Conover:	5 minutes
Granite Falls:	4 minutes
Newton:	5 minutes
Connelly Springs:	8 minutes
Claremont:	5 minutes
Hudson:	4 minutes
Maiden:	6 minutes
Valdese:	6 minutes

Based on the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related fatalities per year is 0. The highest number of reported deaths - 2 took place in 2016, and the lowest - 0 in 2002. The data has an increasing trend. The average number of fatalities per 1,000 fires is 1. This indicator was the highest - 5 in 2016, and the lowest 0 in 2002. The trend for fatalities per 1,000 fires is growing. Compared to the state value the number of fatalities per 1,000 incidents is lower.


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

Hickory:	0.8
Lenoir:	1.3
Lincolnton:	2.4
Morganton:	3.0
Statesville:	0.8
Mooresville:	0.0
Shelby:	1.1
Gastonia:	3.0

Based on the reports from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly casualties is 3. The highest number of casualties - 7 took place in 2010, and the lowest - 0 in 2004. The data has a constant trend. The average number of casualties per 1,000 fires is 10. This indicator was the highest - 19 in 2003, and the lowest 0 in 2004. The trend for casualties per 1,000 fire incidents is growing. Compared to the North Carolina value the number of injuries per 1,000 incidents is higher.



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

Hickory:	9.7
Conover:	0.0
Granite Falls:	2.1
Newton:	0.0
Connelly Springs:	4.8
Claremont:	0.0
Hudson:	3.5
Maiden:	0.0
Valdese:	11.2

30.6% incidents where reported in the morning and 69.4% in the evening. The most fires (15.7%) took place on Friday, and the least (13.2%) on Sunday.
Based on the 5,982 incident reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (10.1%) took place during April, and the least (6.3%) in September.
Out of all 53,251 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (51.8%), Hazardous Condition (11.3%), and Fire (11.2%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Hickory, NC
• 27,60151.8%Rescue & EMS
• 6,03511.3%Hazardous Condition
• 5,98211.2%Fire
• 5,79710.9%False Alarm
• 4,9799.4%Service Call
• 2,6134.9%Good Intent Call
• 1440.3%Severe Weather
• 730.1%Overpressure Rupture
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Outside Fires (40.2%), and Structure Fires (34.8%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Hickory, NC
• 2,40540.2%Outside Fires
• 2,07934.8%Structure Fires
• 1,04417.5%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 4547.6%Other