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Hertford: Fire Incidents, North Carolina (NC)

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

According to the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fires per year is 47. The highest number of fire incidents - 78 took place in 2007, and the least - 10 in 2002. The data has an increasing trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 11 minutes. This is higher than the state median value.


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

Hertford:	11 minutes
Edenton:	6 minutes
Elizabeth City:	5 minutes
Plymouth:	7 minutes
Ahoskie:	6 minutes
Williamston:	5 minutes
Kitty Hawk:	6 minutes
Kill Devil Hills:	5 minutes
Nags Head:	6 minutes

29.9% incidents where reported in the morning and 70.1% in the evening. The most fires (16.7%) took place on Thursday, and the least (11.4%) on Monday.
Based on the 806 fires from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (12.4%) took place during April, and the least (5.3%) in October.
Out of all 1,844 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Fire (43.7%), Hazardous Condition (26.6%), and Rescue & EMS (10.8%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Hertford, NC
• 80643.7%Fire
• 49026.6%Hazardous Condition
• 19910.8%Rescue & EMS
• 1709.2%Good Intent Call
• 1417.6%False Alarm
• 251.4%Service Call
• 70.4%Severe Weather
• 50.3%Special Incident
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Structure Fires (42.8%), and Outside Fires (36.1%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Hertford, NC
• 34542.8%Structure Fires
• 29136.1%Outside Fires
• 9712.0%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 739.1%Other