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Taylorsville: Fire Incidents, North Carolina (NC)

2004 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents

According to the data from the years 2004 - 2018 the average number of fires per year is 85. The highest number of reported fires - 187 took place in 2017, and the least - 29 in 2009. The data has a growing trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 6 minutes. This is comparable to the North Carolina median value.


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

Taylorsville:	6 minutes
Claremont:	5 minutes
Conover:	5 minutes
Hickory:	5 minutes
Catawba:	6 minutes
Wilkesboro:	8 minutes
Granite Falls:	4 minutes
North Wilkesboro:	6 minutes
Newton:	5 minutes

32.8% incidents where reported in the morning and 67.2% in the evening. The most fires (20.2%) took place on Saturday, and the least (11.9%) on Sunday.
According to the 1,270 fire incidents from years 2004 - 2018 most fires (14.9%) took place during February, and the least (4.6%) in June.
Out of all 6,062 cases reported during the years 2004 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (41.4%), Fire (21.0%), and Hazardous Condition (13.5%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Taylorsville, NC
• 2,51041.4%Rescue & EMS
• 1,27021.0%Fire
• 81613.5%Hazardous Condition
• 5719.4%False Alarm
• 4146.8%Service Call
• 3946.5%Good Intent Call
• 450.7%Special Incident
• 380.6%Severe Weather
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Structure Fires (52.0%), and Outside Fires (32.8%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Taylorsville, NC
• 66052.0%Structure Fires
• 41632.8%Outside Fires
• 1219.5%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 735.7%Other