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Littleton: 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 fire incidents per year is 46. The highest number of reported fire incidents - 82 took place in 2009, and the least - 12 in 2016. The data has a decreasing trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 9 minutes. This is higher compared to the North Carolina median value.


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

Littleton:	9 minutes
Roanoke Rapids:	5 minutes
Weldon:	4 minutes
Enfield:	11 minutes
Whitakers:	12 minutes
Henderson:	6 minutes
Louisburg:	7 minutes
Nashville:	9 minutes
Rocky Mount:	5 minutes

30.9% incidents where reported in the morning and 69.1% in the evening. The most fires (16.8%) took place on Saturday, and the least (11.8%) on Sunday.
Based on the 787 incident reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (12.8%) took place during April, and the least (5.3%) in October.
Out of all 1,762 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Fire (44.7%), Hazardous Condition (30.1%), and Rescue & EMS (10.3%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Littleton, NC
• 78744.7%Fire
• 53130.1%Hazardous Condition
• 18210.3%Rescue & EMS
• 1347.6%Good Intent Call
• 784.4%False Alarm
• 402.3%Service Call
• 50.3%Special Incident
• 30.2%Overpressure Rupture
• 20.1%Severe Weather
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Outside Fires (44.2%), and Structure Fires (39.3%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Littleton, NC
• 34844.2%Outside Fires
• 30939.3%Structure Fires
• 10513.3%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 253.2%Other