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Cherokee: Fire Incidents, North Carolina (NC)

2006 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents

According to the data from the years 2006 - 2018 the average number of fires per year is 70. The highest number of fire incidents - 159 took place in 2007, and the least - 0 in 2012. The data has a dropping trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 5 minutes. This is lower than the North Carolina median value.


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

Cherokee:	5 minutes
Bryson City:	9 minutes
Sylva:	7 minutes
Waynesville:	9 minutes
Franklin:	8 minutes
Clyde:	10 minutes
Canton:	9 minutes
Brevard:	7 minutes
Marshall:	10 minutes

24.3% incidents where reported in the morning and 75.7% in the evening. The most fires (17.0%) took place on Saturday, and the least (12.2%) on Tuesday.
Based on the 912 fire incidents from years 2006 - 2018 most fires (13.6%) took place during March, and the least (5.0%) in August.
Out of all 9,594 cases reported during the years 2006 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (57.3%), Fire (9.5%), and Hazardous Condition (8.0%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Cherokee, NC
• 5,50057.3%Rescue & EMS
• 9129.5%Fire
• 7698.0%Hazardous Condition
• 7517.8%Service Call
• 6837.1%False Alarm
• 3313.5%Special Incident
• 3273.4%Good Intent Call
• 3093.2%Severe Weather
• 120.1%Overpressure Rupture
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Outside Fires (54.8%), and Structure Fires (28.2%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Cherokee, NC
• 50054.8%Outside Fires
• 25728.2%Structure Fires
• 9510.4%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 606.6%Other