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Mooresboro: 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 52. The highest number of reported fire incidents - 106 took place in 2007, and the least - 5 in 2002. 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 North Carolina median value.


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

Mooresboro:	9 minutes
Ellenboro:	8 minutes
Bostic:	10 minutes
Shelby:	8 minutes
Forest City:	6 minutes
Lawndale:	8 minutes
Rutherfordton:	8 minutes
Grover:	7 minutes
Cherryville:	7 minutes

26.6% incidents where reported in the morning and 73.4% in the evening. The most fires (17.6%) took place on Saturday, and the least (10.9%) on Friday.
According to the 886 incident reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (14.6%) took place during March, and the least (5.9%) in June.
Out of all 3,723 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (46.9%), Fire (23.8%), and Hazardous Condition (12.9%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Mooresboro, NC
• 1,74546.9%Rescue & EMS
• 88623.8%Fire
• 48112.9%Hazardous Condition
• 3158.5%Good Intent Call
• 1343.6%Service Call
• 732.0%False Alarm
• 721.9%Severe Weather
• 130.3%Special Incident
• 40.1%Overpressure Rupture
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Structure Fires (50.2%), and Outside Fires (37.5%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Mooresboro, NC
• 44550.2%Structure Fires
• 33237.5%Outside Fires
• 647.2%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 455.1%Other