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Blue Ridge: 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 fire incidents per year is 30. The highest number of fire incidents - 80 took place in 2006, and the least - 2 in 2018. The data has a declining trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 11 minutes. This is higher than the state median value.


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

Blue Ridge:	11 minutes
Troutville:	9 minutes
Vinton:	10 minutes
Roanoke:	5 minutes
Buchanan:	14 minutes
Salem:	5 minutes
Bedford:	10 minutes
Rocky Mount:	10 minutes
Covington:	8 minutes

28.7% incidents where reported in the morning and 71.3% in the evening. The most fires (19.2%) took place on Saturday, and the least (11.5%) on Thursday.
According to the 505 fires from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (13.3%) took place during February, and the least (4.0%) in October.
Out of all 1,994 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (50.3%), Fire (25.3%), and Good Intent Call (13.4%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Blue Ridge, VA
• 1,00350.3%Rescue & EMS
• 50525.3%Fire
• 26813.4%Good Intent Call
• 1668.3%Hazardous Condition
• 281.4%Service Call
• 211.1%False Alarm
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Structure Fires (43.4%), and Outside Fires (34.3%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Blue Ridge, VA
• 21943.4%Structure Fires
• 17334.3%Outside Fires
• 6011.9%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 5310.5%Other