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Graniteville: Fire Incidents, South Carolina (SC)

2003 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents

Based on the data from the years 2003 - 2018 the average number of fire incidents per year is 50. The highest number of fires - 92 took place in 2018, and the least - 4 in 2003. The data has a rising trend.

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


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

Graniteville:	9 minutes
Aiken:	4 minutes
Belvedere:	8 minutes
North Augusta:	5 minutes
Beech Island:	9 minutes
Augusta:	5 minutes
Martinez:	5 minutes
Evans:	5 minutes
Grovetown:	5 minutes

According to the reports from the years 2003 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly casualties is 1. The highest number of reported injuries - 2 took place in 2008, and the lowest - 0 in 2004. The data has a dropping trend. The average number of casualties per 1,000 fire incidents is 27. This indicator was the highest - 250 in 2003, and the lowest 0 in 2004. The trend for injuries per 1,000 fires is declining. Compared to the state value the number of injuries per 1,000 fire incidents is higher.



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

Graniteville:	10.1
Aiken:	16.8
Belvedere:	1.3
North Augusta:	5.8
Beech Island:	3.2
Augusta:	18.7
Martinez:	1.3
Evans:	8.0
Grovetown:	9.5

28.3% incidents where reported in the morning and 71.7% in the evening. The most fires (16.2%) took place on Monday, and the least (13.1%) on Tuesday.
Based on the 792 fires from years 2003 - 2018 most fires (10.2%) took place during September, and the least (6.3%) in December.
Out of all 2,698 cases reported during the years 2003 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (40.7%), Fire (29.4%), and Good Intent Call (13.9%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Graniteville, SC
• 1,09840.7%Rescue & EMS
• 79229.4%Fire
• 37613.9%Good Intent Call
• 2037.5%False Alarm
• 1365.0%Hazardous Condition
• 823.0%Service Call
• 60.2%Special Incident
• 40.1%Overpressure Rupture
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Outside Fires (48.9%), and Structure Fires (31.1%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Graniteville, SC
• 38748.9%Outside Fires
• 24631.1%Structure Fires
• 12916.3%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 303.8%Other