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Millers Creek: Fire Incidents, North Carolina (NC)

2004 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents

According to the data from the years 2004 - 2018 the average number of fires per year is 49. The highest number of fires - 89 took place in 2014, and the least - 16 in 2004. The data has a rising trend.

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


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

Millers Creek:	9 minutes
Wilkesboro:	8 minutes
North Wilkesboro:	6 minutes
Taylorsville:	6 minutes
Elkin:	8 minutes
Jonesville:	9 minutes
Boone:	6 minutes
Lenoir:	4 minutes
Hudson:	4 minutes

30.7% incidents where reported in the morning and 69.3% in the evening. The most fires (17.6%) took place on Friday, and the least (11.0%) on Sunday.
Based on the 739 fires from years 2004 - 2018 most fires (15.6%) took place during March, and the least (4.3%) in September.
Out of all 2,727 cases reported during the years 2004 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (49.3%), Fire (27.1%), and Hazardous Condition (13.2%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Millers Creek, NC
• 1,34449.3%Rescue & EMS
• 73927.1%Fire
• 35913.2%Hazardous Condition
• 1244.5%Good Intent Call
• 712.6%False Alarm
• 602.2%Service Call
• 261.0%Severe Weather
• 30.1%Overpressure Rupture
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Structure Fires (41.8%), and Outside Fires (32.2%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Millers Creek, NC
• 30941.8%Structure Fires
• 23832.2%Outside Fires
• 12416.8%Other
• 689.2%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires