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Cape Charles: Fire Incidents, Virginia (VA)

2003 - 2017 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents

According to the data from the years 2003 - 2017 the average number of fires per year is 13. The highest number of reported fire incidents - 27 took place in 2016, and the least - 1 in 2013. The data has a growing trend.

33.3% incidents where reported in the morning and 66.7% in the evening. The most fires (19.2%) took place on Monday, and the least (9.6%) on Saturday.
According to the 198 fire incident reports from years 2003 - 2017 most fires (12.6%) took place during March, and the least (4.0%) in September.
Out of all 551 cases reported during the years 2003 - 2017, the most belonged to the categories: Fire (35.9%), Service Call (22.5%), and Overpressure Rupture (20.5%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Cape Charles, VA
• 19835.9%Fire
• 12422.5%Good Intent Call
• 11320.5%Rescue & EMS
• 6612.0%Hazardous Condition
• 448.0%False Alarm
• 40.7%Service Call
• 20.4%Special Incident
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Structure Fires (48.5%), and Outside Fires (27.3%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Cape Charles, VA
• 9648.5%Structure Fires
• 5427.3%Outside Fires
• 3316.7%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 157.6%Other