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Pelzer: Fire Incidents, South Carolina (SC)

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

According to the data from the years 2003 - 2018 the average number of fire incidents per year is 87. The highest number of fire incidents - 132 took place in 2017, and the least - 51 in 2003. The data has a growing trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 6 minutes. This is similar to the state median value.


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

Pelzer:	6 minutes
Williamston:	7 minutes
Piedmont:	6 minutes
Belton:	6 minutes
Simpsonville:	4 minutes
Mauldin:	3 minutes
Anderson:	7 minutes
Honea Path:	5 minutes
Easley:	6 minutes

26.5% incidents where reported in the morning and 73.5% in the evening. The most fires (18.0%) took place on Saturday, and the least (12.7%) on Monday.
According to the 1,388 fire incident reports from years 2003 - 2018 most fires (10.7%) took place during January, and the least (6.0%) in October.
Out of all 5,401 cases reported during the years 2003 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (47.4%), Fire (25.7%), and Hazardous Condition (8.7%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Pelzer, SC
• 2,56247.4%Rescue & EMS
• 1,38825.7%Fire
• 4688.7%Hazardous Condition
• 4217.8%Service Call
• 3456.4%Good Intent Call
• 1853.4%False Alarm
• 180.3%Special Incident
• 120.2%Severe Weather
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Outside Fires (42.9%), and Structure Fires (33.8%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Pelzer, SC
• 59642.9%Outside Fires
• 46933.8%Structure Fires
• 24817.9%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 755.4%Other