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South Charleston: Fire Incidents, Ohio (OH)

2002 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents

According to the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire incidents per year is 32. The highest number of fires - 47 took place in 2012, and the least - 20 in 2014. The data has a declining trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 14 minutes. This is much higher compared to the state median value.


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

South Charleston:	14 minutes
London:	8 minutes
Springfield:	6 minutes
Jeffersonville:	11 minutes
Jamestown:	11 minutes
Mechanicsburg:	9 minutes
Xenia:	6 minutes
Fairborn:	6 minutes
Urbana:	8 minutes

31.4% incidents where reported in the morning and 68.6% in the evening. The most fires (16.0%) took place on Wednesday, and the least (12.3%) on Friday.
Based on the 544 incident reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (12.1%) took place during April, and the least (4.8%) in December.
Out of all 1,569 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Fire (34.7%), Hazardous Condition (23.2%), and Rescue & EMS (18.7%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in South Charleston, OH
• 54434.7%Fire
• 36423.2%Hazardous Condition
• 29418.7%Rescue & EMS
• 1439.1%Service Call
• 1419.0%Good Intent Call
• 654.1%False Alarm
• 90.6%Severe Weather
• 60.4%Overpressure Rupture
• 30.2%Special Incident
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Structure Fires (41.7%), and Outside Fires (40.8%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in South Charleston, OH
• 22741.7%Structure Fires
• 22240.8%Outside Fires
• 8916.4%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 61.1%Other