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Dobson: Fire Incidents, North Carolina (NC)

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

Based on the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fires per year is 63. The highest number of fires - 115 took place in 2015, and the least - 13 in 2004. The data has a decreasing trend.

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


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

Dobson:	9 minutes
Mount Airy:	7 minutes
Boonville:	9 minutes
Elkin:	8 minutes
Jonesville:	9 minutes
Pilot Mountain:	9 minutes
Pinnacle:	9 minutes
East Bend:	7 minutes
Yadkinville:	8 minutes

29.4% incidents where reported in the morning and 70.6% in the evening. The most fires (16.5%) took place on Saturday, and the least (10.0%) on Sunday.
According to the 1,073 fires from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (11.7%) took place during March, and the least (3.8%) in September.
Out of all 3,634 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Fire (29.5%), Rescue & EMS (15.6%), and Hazardous Condition (14.7%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Dobson, NC
• 1,07329.5%Fire
• 56715.6%Rescue & EMS
• 53314.7%Hazardous Condition
• 49413.6%Good Intent Call
• 3619.9%Service Call
• 3289.0%False Alarm
• 1474.0%Severe Weather
• 1303.6%Special Incident
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Structure Fires (39.0%), and Outside Fires (27.8%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Dobson, NC
• 41839.0%Structure Fires
• 29827.8%Outside Fires
• 20619.2%Other
• 15114.1%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires