Smithfield: Fire Incidents, Virginia (VA)
Where are fire incidents reported in Smithfield, VA
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2002 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents
- Incident types reported to NFIRS in Smithfield, VA
- 4,61456.9%Rescue & EMS
- 1,03812.8%Hazardous Condition
- 1,02712.7%Fire
- 6678.2%Good Intent Call
- 3514.3%False Alarm
- 3224.0%Service Call
- 490.6%Severe Weather
- 310.4%Special Incident
- Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Smithfield, VA
- 47446.2%Outside Fires
- 36635.6%Structure Fires
- 16015.6%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
- 272.6%Other
Based on the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fires per year is 60. The highest number of reported fire incidents - 144 took place in 2008, and the least - 29 in 2018. The data has a declining trend.The average number of yearly fire incidents per 10k residents in Smithfield, VA compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for the last 3 years, including only cities with population 5,000 and above)
| Smithfield: | 57.1 |
| Newport News: | 28.0 |
| Hampton: | 28.4 |
| Suffolk: | 23.3 |
| Poquoson: | 23.2 |
| Meadowbrook: | 8.5 |
| Portsmouth: | 39.2 |
| Norfolk: | 30.1 |
| Williamsburg: | 198.5 |
The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 7 minutes. This is close to the state median value.The median response time in Smithfield, VA compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for all years, including only cities with at least 500 fire incidents)
| Smithfield: | 7 minutes |
| Newport News: | 5 minutes |
| Hampton: | 5 minutes |
| Suffolk: | 6 minutes |
| Poquoson: | 4 minutes |
| Portsmouth: | 5 minutes |
| Yorktown: | 5 minutes |
| Norfolk: | 4 minutes |
| Williamsburg: | 5 minutes |
29.3% incidents where reported in the morning and 70.7% in the evening. The most fires (15.0%) took place on Saturday, and the least (12.5%) on Sunday.
According to the 1,027 fire incident reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (13.6%) took place during March, and the least (5.1%) in December.
Out of all 8,103 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (56.9%), Hazardous Condition (12.8%), and Fire (12.7%).
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Outside Fires (46.2%), and Structure Fires (35.6%).