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Dublin: Fire Incidents, Virginia (VA)

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 60. The highest number of reported fire incidents - 79 took place in 2003, and the least - 21 in 2018. The data has a decreasing trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 7 minutes. This is close to the state median value.


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

Dublin:	7 minutes
Pulaski:	5 minutes
Radford:	5 minutes
Christiansburg:	7 minutes
Blacksburg:	5 minutes
Hillsville:	10 minutes
Floyd:	16 minutes
Wytheville:	8 minutes
Galax:	10 minutes

Based on the reports from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly deaths is 0. The highest number of reported deaths - 2 took place in 2013, and the lowest - 0 in 2002. The data has a constant trend.

Based on the reports from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly casualties is 1. The highest number of reported casualties - 4 took place in 2013, and the lowest - 0 in 2002. The data has a constant trend. The average number of casualties per 1,000 fire incidents is 12. This indicator was the highest - 73 in 2013, and the lowest 0 in 2002. The trend for casualties per 1,000 incidents is constant. Compared to the Virginia value the number of casualties per 1,000 incidents is similar.



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

Dublin:	12.7
Pulaski:	21.4
Radford:	4.3
Christiansburg:	1.0
Blacksburg:	13.3
Hillsville:	3.5
Floyd:	0.0
Wytheville:	7.7
Galax:	4.0

28.5% incidents where reported in the morning and 71.5% in the evening. The most fires (16.0%) took place on Friday, and the least (11.9%) on Sunday.
According to the 1,025 fire incidents from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (11.6%) took place during February, and the least (4.5%) in October.
Out of all 3,343 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Fire (30.7%), Hazardous Condition (28.1%), and Rescue & EMS (19.9%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Dublin, VA
• 1,02530.7%Fire
• 93828.1%Hazardous Condition
• 66619.9%Rescue & EMS
• 38311.5%Good Intent Call
• 1574.7%Service Call
• 1504.5%False Alarm
• 120.4%Severe Weather
• 70.2%Special Incident
• 50.1%Overpressure Rupture
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Structure Fires (43.7%), and Outside Fires (31.5%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Dublin, VA
• 44843.7%Structure Fires
• 32331.5%Outside Fires
• 18918.4%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 656.3%Other