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Mountain City: Fire Incidents, Tennessee (TN)

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

Based on the data from the years 2004 - 2018 the average number of fires per year is 58. The highest number of reported fires - 130 took place in 2007, and the least - 14 in 2004. The data has a growing trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 13 minutes. This is much higher than the state median value.


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

Mountain City:	13 minutes
Boone:	6 minutes
Bristol:	6 minutes
Elizabethton:	8 minutes
Bluff City:	8 minutes
Newland:	8 minutes
Blountville:	11 minutes
Johnson City:	4 minutes
Millers Creek:	9 minutes

28.3% incidents where reported in the morning and 71.7% in the evening. The most fires (19.7%) took place on Monday, and the least (10.9%) on Thursday.
According to the 869 fire incidents from years 2004 - 2018 most fires (14.6%) took place during March, and the least (4.3%) in June.
Out of all 1,216 cases reported during the years 2004 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Fire (71.5%), Overpressure Rupture (12.2%), and Service Call (9.5%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Mountain City, TN
• 86971.5%Fire
• 14812.2%Rescue & EMS
• 1159.5%Good Intent Call
• 363.0%False Alarm
• 312.5%Hazardous Condition
• 161.3%Service Call
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Structure Fires (51.4%), and Outside Fires (36.5%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Mountain City, TN
• 44751.4%Structure Fires
• 31736.5%Outside Fires
• 536.1%Other
• 526.0%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires