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Easley: Fire Incidents, South Carolina (SC)

2004 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents

According to the data from the years 2004 - 2018 the average number of fires per year is 172. The highest number of fire incidents - 285 took place in 2007, and the least - 65 in 2004. The data has a growing trend.


The average number of yearly fire incidents per 10k residents in Easley, SC compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for the last 3 years, including only cities with population 5,000 and above)

Easley:	102.0
Powderville:	49.0
Berea:	0.7
Piedmont:	313.5
Gantt:	0.7
Greenville:	183.0
Central:	54.4
Clemson:	40.7
Mauldin:	30.6

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 6 minutes. This is similar to the South Carolina median value.


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

Easley:	6 minutes
Liberty:	6 minutes
Pickens:	7 minutes
Piedmont:	6 minutes
Greenville:	4 minutes
Central:	6 minutes
Six Mile:	7 minutes
Travelers Rest:	7 minutes
Pelzer:	6 minutes

According to the reports from the years 2004 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly deaths is 0. The highest number of deaths - 2 took place in 2009, and the lowest - 0 in 2004. The data has a rising trend. The average number of fatalities per 1,000 fire incidents is 2. This indicator was the highest - 12 in 2009, and the lowest 0 in 2004. The trend for fatalities per 1,000 fires is increasing. Compared to the South Carolina value the number of deaths per 1,000 fires is similar.


Deaths per 1,000 incidents in Easley, SC compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for all years, including only cities with at least 2,500 fire incidents)

Easley:	2.7
Greenville:	1.8
Anderson:	3.0
Greer:	3.9

According to the reports from the years 2004 - 2018 the average number of fire-related casualties per year is 1. The highest number of reported casualties - 3 took place in 2005, and the lowest - 0 in 2004. The data has a rising trend. The average number of injuries per 1,000 fire incidents is 3. This indicator was the highest - 13 in 2006, and the lowest 0 in 2004. The trend for casualties per 1,000 fires is increasing. Compared to the state value the number of injuries per 1,000 fire incidents is much lower.



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

Easley:	3.5
Liberty:	0.9
Pickens:	1.8
Piedmont:	3.8
Greenville:	7.3
Central:	3.3
Six Mile:	1.8
Travelers Rest:	1.5
Pelzer:	1.4

26.4% incidents where reported in the morning and 73.6% in the evening. The most fires (16.9%) took place on Saturday, and the least (13.2%) on Monday.
Based on the 2,585 reports from years 2004 - 2018 most fires (11.0%) took place during March, and the least (6.2%) in November.
Out of all 13,208 cases reported during the years 2004 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (25.2%), Service Call (22.0%), and Fire (19.6%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Easley, SC
• 3,33025.2%Rescue & EMS
• 2,90722.0%Service Call
• 2,58519.6%Fire
• 1,91714.5%Hazardous Condition
• 1,37610.4%Good Intent Call
• 9617.3%False Alarm
• 650.5%Severe Weather
• 450.3%Special Incident
• 220.2%Overpressure Rupture
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Outside Fires (46.3%), and Structure Fires (36.4%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Easley, SC
• 1,19746.3%Outside Fires
• 94136.4%Structure Fires
• 40415.6%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 431.7%Other