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Santee: Fire Incidents, South Carolina (SC)

2002 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents

Based on the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire incidents per year is 80. The highest number of reported fires - 120 took place in 2004, and the least - 17 in 2012. The data has a declining trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 10 minutes. This is higher than the South Carolina median value.


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

Santee:	10 minutes
Elloree:	11 minutes
Eutawville:	10 minutes
Holly Hill:	13 minutes
Summerton:	7 minutes
Bowman:	11 minutes
Harleyville:	9 minutes
Manning:	7 minutes
Cross:	12 minutes

27.9% incidents where reported in the morning and 72.1% in the evening. The most fires (16.0%) took place on Friday, and the least (12.3%) on Thursday.
According to the 1,353 fire incident reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (14.3%) took place during March, and the least (5.0%) in May.
Out of all 4,336 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (33.0%), Fire (31.2%), and Good Intent Call (13.1%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Santee, SC
• 1,43033.0%Rescue & EMS
• 1,35331.2%Fire
• 56713.1%Good Intent Call
• 51211.8%Hazardous Condition
• 2044.7%False Alarm
• 1132.6%Severe Weather
• 1102.5%Service Call
• 400.9%Special Incident
• 70.2%Overpressure Rupture
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Outside Fires (36.4%), and Structure Fires (31.6%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Santee, SC
• 49236.4%Outside Fires
• 42831.6%Structure Fires
• 25919.1%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 17412.9%Other