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Appomattox: 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 52. The highest number of reported fire incidents - 83 took place in 2008, and the least - 7 in 2017. The data has a decreasing trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 12 minutes. This is higher compared to the Virginia median value.


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

Appomattox:	12 minutes
Rustburg:	10 minutes
Madison Heights:	12 minutes
Lynchburg:	5 minutes
Amherst:	15 minutes
Dillwyn:	12 minutes
Farmville:	12 minutes
Forest:	9 minutes
Nathalie:	9 minutes

27.2% incidents where reported in the morning and 72.8% in the evening. The most fires (17.2%) took place on Sunday, and the least (10.5%) on Tuesday.
Based on the 885 fires from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (13.4%) took place during March, and the least (4.4%) in September.
Out of all 3,320 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Hazardous Condition (42.2%), Fire (26.7%), and Good Intent Call (19.2%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Appomattox, VA
• 1,40042.2%Hazardous Condition
• 88526.7%Fire
• 63719.2%Good Intent Call
• 1955.9%Rescue & EMS
• 993.0%False Alarm
• 591.8%Service Call
• 361.1%Severe Weather
• 80.2%Overpressure Rupture
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Outside Fires (53.6%), and Structure Fires (30.3%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Appomattox, VA
• 47453.6%Outside Fires
• 26830.3%Structure Fires
• 13615.4%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 70.8%Other