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South Riding: Fire Incidents, Virginia (VA)

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

Based on the data from the years 2003 - 2018 the average number of fires per year is 12. The highest number of reported fire incidents - 25 took place in 2007, and the least - 2 in 2018. The data has a declining trend.

The average number of yearly fire incidents per 10k residents in South Riding, VA compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for the last 3 years, including only cities with population 5,000 and above)
South Riding:	2.5
Stone Ridge:	1.4
Chantilly:	39.8
Centreville:	14.7
Herndon:	56.5
Sterling:	37.0
Ashburn:	31.0
Reston:	15.5
Yorkshire:	1.3

36.6% incidents where reported in the morning and 63.4% in the evening. The most fires (20.4%) took place on Saturday, and the least (8.9%) on Wednesday.
According to the 191 fires from years 2003 - 2018 most fires (14.1%) took place during February, and the least (4.2%) in December.
Out of all 629 cases reported during the years 2003 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (35.1%), Fire (30.4%), and Service Call (13.8%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in South Riding, VA
• 22135.1%Hazardous Condition
• 19130.4%Fire
• 8713.8%Good Intent Call
• 8012.7%Rescue & EMS
• 264.1%False Alarm
• 223.5%Service Call
• 10.2%Severe Weather
• 10.2%Special Incident
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Structure Fires (51.3%), and Outside Fires (32.5%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in South Riding, VA
• 9851.3%Structure Fires
• 6232.5%Outside Fires
• 2111.0%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 105.2%Other