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Luray: Fire Incidents, Virginia (VA)

2005 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents

According to the data from the years 2005 - 2018 the average number of fire incidents per year is 37. The highest number of reported fires - 92 took place in 2007, and the least - 11 in 2018. The data has a decreasing trend.

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


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

Luray:	8 minutes
Stanley:	7 minutes
Edinburg:	12 minutes
Woodstock:	9 minutes
Washington:	6 minutes
Broadway:	11 minutes
Elkton:	10 minutes
Madison:	6 minutes
Front Royal:	9 minutes

29.9% incidents where reported in the morning and 70.1% in the evening. The most fires (19.9%) took place on Saturday, and the least (11.5%) on Friday.
Based on the 522 incident reports from years 2005 - 2018 most fires (18.2%) took place during January, and the least (4.2%) in October.
Out of all 1,740 cases reported during the years 2005 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Fire (30.0%), Service Call (19.7%), and Rescue & EMS (18.2%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Luray, VA
• 52230.0%Fire
• 34219.7%Service Call
• 31718.2%Rescue & EMS
• 26014.9%Good Intent Call
• 23213.3%Hazardous Condition
• 633.6%False Alarm
• 20.1%Severe Weather
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Structure Fires (42.3%), and Outside Fires (40.4%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Luray, VA
• 22142.3%Structure Fires
• 21140.4%Outside Fires
• 7514.4%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 152.9%Other