Galax: Fire Incidents, Virginia (VA)
Where are fire incidents reported in Galax, VA
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2004 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents
- Incident types reported to NFIRS in Galax, VA
- 1,44142.7%Rescue & EMS
- 98929.3%Fire
- 45313.4%Good Intent Call
- 35010.4%Hazardous Condition
- 1093.2%False Alarm
- 220.7%Service Call
- 50.1%Severe Weather
- Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Galax, VA
- 51452.0%Structure Fires
- 30831.1%Outside Fires
- 14915.1%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
- 181.8%Other
Based on the data from the years 2004 - 2018 the average number of fire incidents per year is 66. The highest number of reported fire incidents - 82 took place in 2005, and the least - 50 in 2015. The data has a decreasing trend.The average number of yearly fire incidents per 10k residents in Galax, VA compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for the last 3 years, including only cities with population 5,000 and above)
| Galax: | 87.4 |
| Wytheville: | 62.3 |
| Pulaski: | 71.5 |
| Marion: | 92.5 |
| Radford: | 30.4 |
| Christiansburg: | 55.5 |
| Bluefield: | 55.3 |
The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 10 minutes. This is higher than the Virginia median value.The median response time in Galax, VA compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for all years, including only cities with at least 500 fire incidents)
| Galax: | 10 minutes |
| Hillsville: | 10 minutes |
| Cana: | 10 minutes |
| Mount Airy: | 7 minutes |
| Wytheville: | 8 minutes |
| Dobson: | 9 minutes |
| Pulaski: | 5 minutes |
| Elkin: | 8 minutes |
| Jonesville: | 9 minutes |
According to the reports from the years 2004 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly deaths is 0. The highest number of deaths - 3 took place in 2009, and the lowest - 0 in 2005. The data has a declining trend.
Based on the reports from the years 2004 - 2018 the average number of fire-related casualties per year is 0. The highest number of casualties - 1 took place in 2006, and the lowest - 0 in 2004. The data has a constant trend.
The average number of casualties per 1,000 fires is 4. This indicator was the highest - 16 in 2016, and the lowest 0 in 2004. The trend for casualties per 1,000 incidents is constant. Compared to the Virginia value the number of casualties per 1,000 fire incidents is much lower.Casualties per 1,000 incidents in Galax, VA compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for all years, including only cities with at least 500 fire incidents)
| Galax: | 4.0 |
| Hillsville: | 3.5 |
| Cana: | 0.0 |
| Mount Airy: | 4.0 |
| Wytheville: | 7.7 |
| Dobson: | 0.9 |
| Pulaski: | 21.4 |
| Elkin: | 0.0 |
| Jonesville: | 0.0 |
28.6% incidents where reported in the morning and 71.4% in the evening. The most fires (16.2%) took place on Saturday, and the least (12.7%) on Sunday.
According to the 989 fire incident reports from years 2004 - 2018 most fires (13.7%) took place during April, and the least (4.1%) in September.
Out of all 3,372 cases reported during the years 2004 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (42.7%), Fire (29.3%), and Good Intent Call (13.4%).
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Structure Fires (52.0%), and Outside Fires (31.1%).