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Madison: Fire Incidents, Virginia (VA)

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 42. The highest number of fires - 84 took place in 2008, and the least - 2 in 2006. The data has a rising trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 6 minutes. This is lower than the Virginia median value.


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

Madison:	6 minutes
Ruckersville:	10 minutes
Orange:	9 minutes
Culpeper:	13 minutes
Stanley:	7 minutes
Elkton:	10 minutes
Luray:	8 minutes
Washington:	6 minutes
Charlottesville:	5 minutes

27.5% incidents where reported in the morning and 72.5% in the evening. The most fires (17.1%) took place on Thursday, and the least (12.2%) on Wednesday.
Based on the 706 fire incidents from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (15.0%) took place during January, and the least (4.2%) in September.
Out of all 2,311 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Fire (30.5%), Rescue & EMS (28.3%), and Good Intent Call (23.5%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Madison, VA
• 70630.5%Fire
• 65528.3%Rescue & EMS
• 54323.5%Good Intent Call
• 1687.3%Hazardous Condition
• 1335.8%Service Call
• 974.2%False Alarm
• 40.2%Severe Weather
• 40.2%Special Incident
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Outside Fires (44.5%), and Structure Fires (39.1%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Madison, VA
• 31444.5%Outside Fires
• 27639.1%Structure Fires
• 10014.2%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 162.3%Other