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Orange: Fire Incidents, Virginia (VA)

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

Based on the data from the years 2004 - 2018 the average number of fire incidents per year is 63. The highest number of fire incidents - 97 took place in 2007, and the least - 26 in 2004. The data has an increasing 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 Orange, VA compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for all years, including only cities with at least 500 fire incidents)

Orange:	9 minutes
Madison:	6 minutes
Ruckersville:	10 minutes
Louisa:	11 minutes
Culpeper:	13 minutes
Mineral:	12 minutes
Charlottesville:	5 minutes
Bealeton:	9 minutes
Elkton:	10 minutes

According to the reports from the years 2004 - 2018 the average number of fire-related casualties per year is 1. The highest number of reported casualties - 4 took place in 2017, and the lowest - 0 in 2004. The data has a growing trend. The average number of casualties per 1,000 fire incidents is 16. This indicator was the highest - 85 in 2017, and the lowest 0 in 2004. The trend for casualties per 1,000 fires is rising. Compared to the Virginia value the number of casualties per 1,000 fires is similar.



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

Orange:	14.7
Madison:	0.0
Ruckersville:	0.0
Louisa:	0.0
Culpeper:	0.0
Mineral:	1.8
Charlottesville:	15.1
Bealeton:	0.0
Elkton:	4.5

30.9% incidents where reported in the morning and 69.1% in the evening. The most fires (15.7%) took place on Saturday, and the least (13.3%) on Friday.
According to the 950 fire incident reports from years 2004 - 2018 most fires (13.9%) took place during March, and the least (4.7%) in May.
Out of all 8,329 cases reported during the years 2004 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (61.7%), Good Intent Call (13.5%), and Fire (11.4%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Orange, VA
• 5,14261.7%Rescue & EMS
• 1,12513.5%Good Intent Call
• 95011.4%Fire
• 6828.2%Hazardous Condition
• 2432.9%Service Call
• 1742.1%False Alarm
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Structure Fires (48.6%), and Outside Fires (34.6%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Orange, VA
• 46248.6%Structure Fires
• 32934.6%Outside Fires
• 12212.8%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 373.9%Other