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Erwin: Fire Incidents, North Carolina (NC)

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 83. The highest number of reported fires - 128 took place in 2005, and the least - 39 in 2013. The data has a dropping trend.

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


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

Erwin:	8 minutes
Dunn:	8 minutes
Coats:	8 minutes
Bunnlevel:	9 minutes
Linden:	10 minutes
Benson:	9 minutes
Lillington:	9 minutes
Wade:	9 minutes
Angier:	9 minutes

Based on the reports from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly casualties is 0. The highest number of reported casualties - 2 took place in 2003, and the lowest - 0 in 2002. The data has a constant trend. The average number of casualties per 1,000 fires is 4. This indicator was the highest - 25 in 2003, and the lowest 0 in 2002. The trend for injuries per 1,000 fires is constant. Compared to the state value the number of casualties per 1,000 fire incidents is lower.



Casualties per 1,000 incidents in Erwin, NC compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for all years, including only cities with at least 500 fire incidents)

Erwin:	5.0
Dunn:	10.5
Coats:	4.7
Bunnlevel:	0.8
Linden:	0.0
Benson:	0.9
Lillington:	2.7
Wade:	1.6
Angier:	1.1

26.2% incidents where reported in the morning and 73.8% in the evening. The most fires (15.2%) took place on Friday, and the least (12.5%) on Sunday.
Based on the 1,408 fire incident reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (12.6%) took place during March, and the least (5.0%) in June.
Out of all 4,642 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (46.0%), Fire (30.3%), and Hazardous Condition (7.0%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Erwin, NC
• 2,13446.0%Rescue & EMS
• 1,40830.3%Fire
• 3247.0%Hazardous Condition
• 2826.1%Good Intent Call
• 2796.0%False Alarm
• 1934.2%Service Call
• 160.3%Severe Weather
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Structure Fires (44.8%), and Outside Fires (41.0%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Erwin, NC
• 63144.8%Structure Fires
• 57741.0%Outside Fires
• 14810.5%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 523.7%Other