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Ringgold: Fire Incidents, Georgia (GA)

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 237. The highest number of fire incidents - 311 took place in 2016, and the least - 85 in 2005. 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 Georgia median value.


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

Ringgold:	9 minutes
Fort Oglethorpe:	6 minutes
Rock Spring:	8 minutes
Chickamauga:	11 minutes
Rossville:	9 minutes
Dalton:	5 minutes
Chatsworth:	7 minutes
Trenton:	9 minutes
Trion:	9 minutes

Based on the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly deaths is 0. The highest number of deaths - 2 took place in 2007, and the lowest - 0 in 2002. The data has a growing trend. The average number of deaths per 1,000 fire incidents is 2. This indicator was the highest - 8 in 2013, and the lowest 0 in 2002. The trend for fatalities per 1,000 fires is rising. Compared to the Georgia value the number of deaths per 1,000 incidents is lower.


Deaths per 1,000 incidents in Ringgold, GA compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for all years, including only cities with at least 2,500 fire incidents)

Ringgold:	1.7
Rossville:	2.8
Dalton:	3.3

According to the reports from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related casualties per year is 1. The highest number of casualties - 4 took place in 2015, and the lowest - 0 in 2002. The data has a constant trend. The average number of casualties per 1,000 fires is 3. This indicator was the highest - 17 in 2015, and the lowest 0 in 2002. The trend for casualties per 1,000 fires is constant. Compared to the Georgia value the number of casualties per 1,000 fire incidents is much lower.



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

Ringgold:	3.5
Fort Oglethorpe:	15.2
Rock Spring:	11.3
Chickamauga:	14.2
Rossville:	15.0
Dalton:	18.1
Chatsworth:	4.1
Trenton:	1.3
Trion:	2.4

26.3% incidents where reported in the morning and 73.7% in the evening. The most fires (15.9%) took place on Saturday, and the least (12.9%) on Wednesday.
Based on the 4,037 fire incidents from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (12.8%) took place during March, and the least (6.6%) in September.
Out of all 20,809 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (43.8%), Fire (19.4%), and Good Intent Call (14.1%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Ringgold, GA
• 9,10643.8%Rescue & EMS
• 4,03719.4%Fire
• 2,93514.1%Good Intent Call
• 1,9999.6%Service Call
• 1,5367.4%Hazardous Condition
• 1,1485.5%False Alarm
• 230.1%Special Incident
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Outside Fires (46.0%), and Structure Fires (33.6%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Ringgold, GA
• 1,85646.0%Outside Fires
• 1,35633.6%Structure Fires
• 67816.8%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 1473.6%Other