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Hudson: Fire Incidents, North Carolina (NC)

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 50. The highest number of reported fire incidents - 86 took place in 2011, and the least - 19 in 2017. The data has a dropping trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 4 minutes. This is lower compared to the North Carolina median value.


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

Hudson:	4 minutes
Granite Falls:	4 minutes
Lenoir:	4 minutes
Connelly Springs:	8 minutes
Valdese:	6 minutes
Hickory:	5 minutes
Morganton:	7 minutes
Conover:	5 minutes
Taylorsville:	6 minutes

According to the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly casualties is 0. The highest number of reported injuries - 1 took place in 2002, and the lowest - 0 in 2003. The data has a declining trend. The average number of casualties per 1,000 fires is 3. This indicator was the highest - 29 in 2002, and the lowest 0 in 2003. The trend for casualties per 1,000 fires is declining. Compared to the state value the number of casualties per 1,000 incidents is lower.



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

Hudson:	3.5
Granite Falls:	2.1
Lenoir:	10.2
Connelly Springs:	4.8
Valdese:	11.2
Hickory:	9.7
Morganton:	6.9
Conover:	0.0
Taylorsville:	1.6

28.4% incidents where reported in the morning and 71.6% in the evening. The most fires (17.4%) took place on Saturday, and the least (13.0%) on Sunday.
According to the 851 fire incident reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (12.1%) took place during March, and the least (5.9%) in July.
Out of all 7,793 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (60.5%), Fire (10.9%), and Service Call (10.2%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Hudson, NC
• 4,71260.5%Rescue & EMS
• 85110.9%Fire
• 79710.2%Service Call
• 5667.3%Good Intent Call
• 5036.5%Hazardous Condition
• 2983.8%False Alarm
• 430.6%Severe Weather
• 170.2%Special Incident
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Structure Fires (45.0%), and Outside Fires (37.6%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Hudson, NC
• 38345.0%Structure Fires
• 32037.6%Outside Fires
• 10512.3%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 435.1%Other