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Advance: Fire Incidents, North Carolina (NC)

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 66. The highest number of reported fires - 106 took place in 2007, and the least - 24 in 2003. The data has a growing trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 7 minutes. This is comparable to the state median value.


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

Advance:	7 minutes
Clemmons:	7 minutes
Mocksville:	7 minutes
Lewisville:	7 minutes
Lexington:	7 minutes
Winston-Salem:	4 minutes
Thomasville:	6 minutes
Salisbury:	7 minutes
Yadkinville:	8 minutes

According to the reports from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related casualties per year is 1. The highest number of injuries - 3 took place in 2012, and the lowest - 0 in 2002. The data has a constant trend. The average number of injuries per 1,000 fires is 9. This indicator was the highest - 42 in 2012, and the lowest 0 in 2002. The trend for injuries per 1,000 fire incidents is constant. Compared to the North Carolina value the number of casualties per 1,000 fire incidents is higher.



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

Advance:	8.9
Clemmons:	19.2
Mocksville:	5.7
Lewisville:	5.6
Lexington:	2.5
Winston-Salem:	14.9
Thomasville:	3.0
Salisbury:	4.6
Yadkinville:	3.1

26.4% incidents where reported in the morning and 73.6% in the evening. The most fires (16.8%) took place on Friday, and the least (12.3%) on Tuesday.
Based on the 1,127 fire incident reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (12.5%) took place during March, and the least (5.5%) in September.
Out of all 7,640 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (35.5%), Hazardous Condition (16.7%), and Good Intent Call (16.1%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Advance, NC
• 2,71235.5%Rescue & EMS
• 1,27516.7%Hazardous Condition
• 1,22916.1%Good Intent Call
• 1,12714.8%Fire
• 6218.1%False Alarm
• 5907.7%Service Call
• 440.6%Special Incident
• 360.5%Severe Weather
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Outside Fires (41.6%), and Structure Fires (35.5%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Advance, NC
• 46941.6%Outside Fires
• 40035.5%Structure Fires
• 19016.9%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 686.0%Other