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Bostic: Fire Incidents, North Carolina (NC)

2003 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents

Based on the data from the years 2003 - 2018 the average number of fire incidents per year is 35. The highest number of reported fire incidents - 65 took place in 2006, and the least - 0 in 2004. 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 Bostic, NC compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for all years, including only cities with at least 500 fire incidents)

Bostic:	10 minutes
Forest City:	6 minutes
Ellenboro:	8 minutes
Rutherfordton:	8 minutes
Mooresboro:	9 minutes
Lawndale:	8 minutes
Shelby:	8 minutes
Lake Lure:	10 minutes
Laurel Hill:	7 minutes

28.6% incidents where reported in the morning and 71.4% in the evening. The most fires (16.0%) took place on Friday, and the least (12.1%) on Wednesday.
According to the 555 reports from years 2003 - 2018 most fires (15.3%) took place during March, and the least (4.3%) in October.
Out of all 3,035 cases reported during the years 2003 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (49.6%), Fire (18.3%), and Hazardous Condition (10.7%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Bostic, NC
• 1,50449.6%Rescue & EMS
• 55518.3%Fire
• 32410.7%Hazardous Condition
• 2548.4%Good Intent Call
• 1916.3%Service Call
• 973.2%Severe Weather
• 872.9%False Alarm
• 200.7%Special Incident
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Outside Fires (45.6%), and Structure Fires (41.8%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Bostic, NC
• 25345.6%Outside Fires
• 23241.8%Structure Fires
• 397.0%Other
• 315.6%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires