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Summerton: Fire Incidents, South Carolina (SC)

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

Based on the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire incidents per year is 76. The highest number of reported fire incidents - 120 took place in 2010, and the least - 0 in 2008. The data has an increasing trend.

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


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

Summerton:	7 minutes
Manning:	7 minutes
Santee:	10 minutes
Elloree:	11 minutes
Eutawville:	10 minutes
Holly Hill:	13 minutes
Sumter:	6 minutes
Cross:	12 minutes
Bowman:	11 minutes

23.5% incidents where reported in the morning and 76.5% in the evening. The most fires (15.7%) took place on Thursday, and the least (12.1%) on Sunday.
According to the 1,290 incident reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (16.4%) took place during March, and the least (5.3%) in June.
Out of all 2,696 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Fire (47.8%), Rescue & EMS (25.2%), and Good Intent Call (11.9%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Summerton, SC
• 1,29047.8%Fire
• 67925.2%Rescue & EMS
• 32011.9%Good Intent Call
• 2479.2%Hazardous Condition
• 1355.0%False Alarm
• 180.7%Service Call
• 50.2%Severe Weather
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Outside Fires (57.4%), and Structure Fires (21.5%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Summerton, SC
• 74057.4%Outside Fires
• 27721.5%Structure Fires
• 24218.8%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 312.4%Other