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Kershaw: Fire Incidents, South Carolina (SC)

2003 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents

Based on the data from the years 2003 - 2018 the average number of fire incidents per year is 99. The highest number of reported fires - 145 took place in 2018, and the least - 19 in 2003. The data has an increasing trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 12 minutes. This is higher than the state median value.


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

Kershaw:	12 minutes
Heath Springs:	11 minutes
Lancaster:	9 minutes
Great Falls:	6 minutes
Camden:	4 minutes
Lugoff:	7 minutes
Richburg:	7 minutes
Waxhaw:	8 minutes
Elgin:	10 minutes

According to the reports from the years 2003 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly deaths is 0. The highest number of deaths - 1 took place in 2010, and the lowest - 0 in 2003. The data has a constant trend.
30.0% incidents where reported in the morning and 70.0% in the evening. The most fires (16.4%) took place on Saturday, and the least (12.3%) on Tuesday.
Based on the 1,589 incident reports from years 2003 - 2018 most fires (13.2%) took place during February, and the least (6.1%) in June.
Out of all 4,963 cases reported during the years 2003 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (37.6%), Fire (32.0%), and Good Intent Call (11.9%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Kershaw, SC
• 1,86737.6%Rescue & EMS
• 1,58932.0%Fire
• 58911.9%Good Intent Call
• 4719.5%Hazardous Condition
• 2495.0%Service Call
• 1893.8%False Alarm
• 60.1%Severe Weather
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Structure Fires (45.3%), and Outside Fires (42.7%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Kershaw, SC
• 72045.3%Structure Fires
• 67842.7%Outside Fires
• 1559.8%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 362.3%Other