Melfa: Fire Incidents, Virginia (VA)
Where are fire incidents reported in Melfa, VA
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2002 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents
- Incident types reported to NFIRS in Melfa, VA
- 81144.5%Rescue & EMS
- 50427.7%Fire
- 22712.5%Good Intent Call
- 18710.3%Hazardous Condition
- 573.1%False Alarm
- 341.9%Service Call
- Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Melfa, VA
- 29859.1%Structure Fires
- 12725.2%Outside Fires
- 5210.3%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
- 275.4%Other
Based on the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire incidents per year is 30. The highest number of reported fire incidents - 71 took place in 2012, and the least - 10 in 2008. The data has an increasing trend.
The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 10 minutes. This is higher than the state median value.The median response time in Melfa, VA compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for all years, including only cities with at least 500 fire incidents)
| Melfa: | 10 minutes |
| Onancock: | 10 minutes |
| Painter: | 11 minutes |
| Accomac: | 11 minutes |
| Exmore: | 11 minutes |
| Parksley: | 9 minutes |
| Bloxom: | 10 minutes |
| Crisfield: | 9 minutes |
| Pocomoke City: | 7 minutes |
30.2% incidents where reported in the morning and 69.8% in the evening. The most fires (17.9%) took place on Friday, and the least (10.7%) on Wednesday.
According to the 504 fires from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (12.7%) took place during November, and the least (4.8%) in July.
Out of all 1,822 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (44.5%), Fire (27.7%), and Good Intent Call (12.5%).
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Structure Fires (59.1%), and Outside Fires (25.2%).