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Benson: 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 fire incidents per year is 132. The highest number of fire incidents - 194 took place in 2017, and the least - 13 in 2003. The data has an increasing trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 9 minutes. This is higher than the state median value.


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

Benson:	9 minutes
Dunn:	8 minutes
Coats:	8 minutes
Four Oaks:	9 minutes
Erwin:	8 minutes
Angier:	9 minutes
Bunnlevel:	9 minutes
Newton Grove:	10 minutes
Smithfield:	7 minutes

30.3% incidents where reported in the morning and 69.7% in the evening. The most fires (15.9%) took place on Saturday, and the least (12.9%) on Sunday.
Based on the 2,246 fire incident reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (13.4%) took place during March, and the least (6.1%) in May.
Out of all 9,545 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (47.4%), Fire (23.5%), and Hazardous Condition (10.9%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Benson, NC
• 4,52347.4%Rescue & EMS
• 2,24623.5%Fire
• 1,03610.9%Hazardous Condition
• 9109.5%Good Intent Call
• 4284.5%False Alarm
• 2212.3%Service Call
• 1631.7%Severe Weather
• 150.2%Special Incident
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Structure Fires (50.8%), and Outside Fires (32.3%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Benson, NC
• 1,14050.8%Structure Fires
• 72632.3%Outside Fires
• 33615.0%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 442.0%Other