Forest City: Fire Incidents, North Carolina (NC)
Where are fire incidents reported in Forest City, NC
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2003 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents
- Incident types reported to NFIRS in Forest City, NC
- 3,48432.6%Hazardous Condition
- 3,06728.7%Rescue & EMS
- 2,38922.3%Fire
- 7857.3%Good Intent Call
- 4584.3%Service Call
- 4113.8%False Alarm
- 650.6%Severe Weather
- 290.3%Special Incident
- Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Forest City, NC
- 1,11146.5%Structure Fires
- 82234.4%Outside Fires
- 27711.6%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
- 1797.5%Other
Based on the data from the years 2003 - 2018 the average number of fires per year is 149. The highest number of fire incidents - 296 took place in 2010, and the least - 37 in 2003. The data has a growing trend.The average number of yearly fire incidents per 10k residents in Forest City, NC compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for the last 3 years, including only cities with population 5,000 and above)
| Forest City: | 99.2 |
| Shelby: | 78.1 |
| Marion: | 300.1 |
| Cherryville: | 89.2 |
| Morganton: | 134.4 |
| Kings Mountain: | 112.4 |
| Black Mountain: | 52.0 |
The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 6 minutes. This is comparable to the state median value.The median response time in Forest City, NC compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for all years, including only cities with at least 500 fire incidents)
| Forest City: | 6 minutes |
| Bostic: | 10 minutes |
| Rutherfordton: | 8 minutes |
| Ellenboro: | 8 minutes |
| Mooresboro: | 9 minutes |
| Lawndale: | 8 minutes |
| Shelby: | 8 minutes |
| Lake Lure: | 10 minutes |
| Marion: | 9 minutes |
Based on the data from the years 2003 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly casualties is 0. The highest number of casualties - 1 took place in 2005, and the lowest - 0 in 2003. The data has a constant trend.
The average number of injuries per 1,000 fire incidents is 2. This indicator was the highest - 9 in 2012, and the lowest 0 in 2003. The trend for casualties per 1,000 fires is constant. Compared to the state value the number of injuries per 1,000 fire incidents is much lower.Casualties per 1,000 incidents in Forest City, NC compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for all years, including only cities with at least 500 fire incidents)
| Forest City: | 1.7 |
| Bostic: | 0.0 |
| Rutherfordton: | 0.7 |
| Ellenboro: | 1.3 |
| Mooresboro: | 0.0 |
| Lawndale: | 0.0 |
| Shelby: | 0.3 |
| Lake Lure: | 0.0 |
| Marion: | 3.9 |
28.2% incidents where reported in the morning and 71.8% in the evening. The most fires (16.1%) took place on Friday, and the least (12.6%) on Wednesday.
Based on the 2,389 incident reports from years 2003 - 2018 most fires (12.3%) took place during March, and the least (5.3%) in October.
Out of all 10,693 cases reported during the years 2003 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Hazardous Condition (32.6%), Rescue & EMS (28.7%), and Fire (22.3%).
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Structure Fires (46.5%), and Outside Fires (34.4%).