Buena Vista: Fire Incidents, Virginia (VA)
Where are fire incidents reported in Buena Vista, VA
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2002 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents
- Incident types reported to NFIRS in Buena Vista, VA
- 2,14041.2%Rescue & EMS
- 1,03519.9%Hazardous Condition
- 94818.3%Fire
- 71113.7%Good Intent Call
- 1763.4%Service Call
- 1382.7%False Alarm
- 280.5%Special Incident
- 140.3%Severe Weather
- Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Buena Vista, VA
- 53456.3%Structure Fires
- 23224.5%Outside Fires
- 11812.4%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
- 646.8%Other
Based on the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire incidents per year is 56. The highest number of fire incidents - 86 took place in 2011, and the least - 27 in 2012. The data has a dropping trend.The average number of yearly fire incidents per 10k residents in Buena Vista, VA compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for the last 3 years, including only cities with population 5,000 and above)
| Buena Vista: | 75.7 |
| Lexington: | 145.4 |
| Madison Heights: | 66.8 |
| Lynchburg: | 28.0 |
| Forest: | 44.3 |
| Stuarts Draft: | 41.9 |
| Timberlake: | 0.8 |
| Bedford: | 163.4 |
| Fishersville: | 39.8 |
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 Buena Vista, VA compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for all years, including only cities with at least 500 fire incidents)
| Buena Vista: | 10 minutes |
| Lexington: | 11 minutes |
| Amherst: | 15 minutes |
| Greenville: | 15 minutes |
| Buchanan: | 14 minutes |
| Madison Heights: | 12 minutes |
| Lynchburg: | 5 minutes |
| Forest: | 9 minutes |
| Clifton Forge: | 8 minutes |
31.2% incidents where reported in the morning and 68.8% in the evening. The most fires (15.9%) took place on Thursday, and the least (11.2%) on Wednesday.
According to the 948 fire incident reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (17.0%) took place during January, and the least (4.6%) in October.
Out of all 5,193 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (41.2%), Hazardous Condition (19.9%), and Fire (18.3%).
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Structure Fires (56.3%), and Outside Fires (24.5%).