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Plymouth: 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 35. The highest number of fires - 86 took place in 2013, and the least - 0 in 2009. The data has an increasing trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 7 minutes. This is comparable to the North Carolina median value.


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

Plymouth:	7 minutes
Edenton:	6 minutes
Williamston:	5 minutes
Washington:	7 minutes
Hertford:	11 minutes
Chocowinity:	9 minutes
Ahoskie:	6 minutes
Greenville:	6 minutes
Elizabeth City:	5 minutes

31.3% incidents where reported in the morning and 68.7% in the evening. The most fires (17.9%) took place on Saturday, and the least (11.6%) on Monday.
Based on the 603 reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (13.8%) took place during April, and the least (5.3%) in July.
Out of all 1,160 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Fire (52.0%), Rescue & EMS (14.7%), and Hazardous Condition (13.4%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Plymouth, NC
• 60352.0%Fire
• 17114.7%Rescue & EMS
• 15513.4%Hazardous Condition
• 12410.7%Good Intent Call
• 564.8%False Alarm
• 262.2%Service Call
• 171.5%Special Incident
• 50.4%Severe Weather
• 30.3%Overpressure Rupture
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Structure Fires (55.9%), and Outside Fires (18.7%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Plymouth, NC
• 33755.9%Structure Fires
• 11318.7%Outside Fires
• 8614.3%Other
• 6711.1%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires