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Tabor City: Fire Incidents, North Carolina (NC)

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

According to the data from the years 2003 - 2018 the average number of fires per year is 60. The highest number of reported fires - 87 took place in 2004, and the least - 21 in 2003. The data has an increasing trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 9 minutes. This is higher compared to the North Carolina median value.


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

Tabor City:	9 minutes
Chadbourn:	10 minutes
Whiteville:	9 minutes
Calabash:	9 minutes
Bladenboro:	11 minutes
Sunset Beach:	8 minutes
Fairmont:	12 minutes
Shallotte:	8 minutes
Ocean Isle Beach:	8 minutes

Based on the reports from the years 2003 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly casualties is 0. The highest number of injuries - 1 took place in 2004, and the lowest - 0 in 2003. The data has a constant trend. The average number of casualties per 1,000 fire incidents is 4. This indicator was the highest - 19 in 2006, and the lowest 0 in 2003. The trend for injuries per 1,000 fire incidents is constant. Compared to the state value the number of casualties per 1,000 incidents is similar.



Casualties per 1,000 incidents in Tabor City, NC compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for all years, including only cities with at least 500 fire incidents)

Tabor City:	5.2
Chadbourn:	1.5
Whiteville:	7.2
Calabash:	1.9
Bladenboro:	0.0
Sunset Beach:	6.9
Fairmont:	0.0
Shallotte:	1.3
Ocean Isle Beach:	4.0

28.6% incidents where reported in the morning and 71.4% in the evening. The most fires (16.6%) took place on Thursday, and the least (11.9%) on Sunday.
According to the 969 fires from years 2003 - 2018 most fires (12.7%) took place during March, and the least (5.1%) in September.
Out of all 2,320 cases reported during the years 2003 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Fire (41.8%), Rescue & EMS (25.3%), and Hazardous Condition (18.2%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Tabor City, NC
• 96941.8%Fire
• 58725.3%Rescue & EMS
• 42218.2%Hazardous Condition
• 1506.5%Good Intent Call
• 1345.8%False Alarm
• 401.7%Service Call
• 150.6%Special Incident
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Structure Fires (42.6%), and Outside Fires (42.4%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Tabor City, NC
• 41342.6%Structure Fires
• 41142.4%Outside Fires
• 12913.3%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 161.7%Other