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Ware Shoals: Fire Incidents, South Carolina (SC)

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 38. The highest number of fires - 75 took place in 2016, and the least - 11 in 2009. The data has a rising trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 8 minutes. This is higher compared to the state median value.


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

Ware Shoals:	8 minutes
Donalds:	7 minutes
Honea Path:	5 minutes
Laurens:	7 minutes
Greenwood:	5 minutes
Gray Court:	10 minutes
Belton:	6 minutes
Abbeville:	7 minutes
Williamston:	7 minutes

30.7% incidents where reported in the morning and 69.3% in the evening. The most fires (16.8%) took place on Saturday, and the least (11.1%) on Monday.
According to the 641 fire incidents from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (11.5%) took place during February, and the least (5.5%) in September.
Out of all 2,636 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (49.1%), Fire (24.3%), and Good Intent Call (9.2%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Ware Shoals, SC
• 1,29549.1%Rescue & EMS
• 64124.3%Fire
• 2429.2%Good Intent Call
• 1867.1%Hazardous Condition
• 1325.0%False Alarm
• 963.6%Service Call
• 230.9%Special Incident
• 200.8%Severe Weather
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Outside Fires (42.6%), and Structure Fires (41.0%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Ware Shoals, SC
• 27342.6%Outside Fires
• 26341.0%Structure Fires
• 558.6%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 507.8%Other