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Weaverville: Fire Incidents, North Carolina (NC)

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

According to the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fires per year is 101. The highest number of fires - 167 took place in 2013, and the least - 3 in 2003. The data has an increasing trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 7 minutes. This is about the same as the North Carolina median value.


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

Weaverville:	7 minutes
Asheville:	4 minutes
Marshall:	10 minutes
Swannanoa:	8 minutes
Black Mountain:	6 minutes
Fairview:	8 minutes
Fletcher:	7 minutes
Canton:	9 minutes
Burnsville:	9 minutes

According to the reports from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly deaths is 0. The highest number of deaths - 1 took place in 2011, and the lowest - 0 in 2002. The data has a constant trend.

According to the reports from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related casualties per year is 0. The highest number of injuries - 1 took place in 2008, and the lowest - 0 in 2002. The data has a rising trend. The average number of casualties per 1,000 fires is 3. This indicator was the highest - 21 in 2016, and the lowest 0 in 2002. The trend for casualties per 1,000 fires is rising. Compared to the state value the number of injuries per 1,000 fires is much lower.



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

Weaverville:	2.3
Asheville:	8.6
Marshall:	5.8
Swannanoa:	4.9
Black Mountain:	12.9
Fairview:	1.3
Fletcher:	3.3
Canton:	10.6
Burnsville:	0.7

29.3% incidents where reported in the morning and 70.7% in the evening. The most fires (18.3%) took place on Friday, and the least (11.7%) on Tuesday.
According to the 1,723 fires from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (13.5%) took place during March, and the least (4.7%) in July.
Out of all 14,481 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (48.6%), Service Call (13.0%), and Good Intent Call (12.8%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Weaverville, NC
• 7,04048.6%Rescue & EMS
• 1,88913.0%Service Call
• 1,85012.8%Good Intent Call
• 1,72311.9%Fire
• 1,2288.5%Hazardous Condition
• 5473.8%False Alarm
• 1481.0%Severe Weather
• 290.2%Special Incident
• 270.2%Overpressure Rupture
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Structure Fires (51.5%), and Outside Fires (31.6%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Weaverville, NC
• 88851.5%Structure Fires
• 54531.6%Outside Fires
• 1639.5%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 1277.4%Other