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Rockwell: Fire Incidents, North Carolina (NC)

2003 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents

According to the data from the years 2003 - 2018 the average number of fires per year is 67. The highest number of fires - 104 took place in 2015, and the least - 37 in 2003. The data has a growing trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 8 minutes. This is higher compared to the state median value.


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

Rockwell:	8 minutes
Salisbury:	7 minutes
China Grove:	8 minutes
Kannapolis:	5 minutes
Concord:	5 minutes
Denton:	8 minutes
Albemarle:	6 minutes
Lexington:	7 minutes
Mooresville:	6 minutes

27.4% incidents where reported in the morning and 72.6% in the evening. The most fires (15.9%) took place on Friday, and the least (11.3%) on Wednesday.
Based on the 1,065 fire incident reports from years 2003 - 2018 most fires (14.0%) took place during February, and the least (4.3%) in September.
Out of all 4,634 cases reported during the years 2003 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (42.9%), Fire (23.0%), and Good Intent Call (14.0%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Rockwell, NC
• 1,99042.9%Rescue & EMS
• 1,06523.0%Fire
• 64914.0%Good Intent Call
• 3567.7%Hazardous Condition
• 2976.4%Service Call
• 2725.9%False Alarm
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Structure Fires (58.6%), and Outside Fires (28.1%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Rockwell, NC
• 62458.6%Structure Fires
• 29928.1%Outside Fires
• 10710.0%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 353.3%Other