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Atlantic: Fire Incidents, Virginia (VA)

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

Based on the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fires per year is 13. The highest number of reported fires - 22 took place in 2010, and the least - 3 in 2004. The data has a dropping trend.

32.3% incidents where reported in the morning and 67.7% in the evening. The most fires (18.4%) took place on Friday, and the least (10.1%) on Sunday.
According to the 217 fire incidents from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (14.3%) took place during May, and the least (3.2%) in November.
Out of all 1,446 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (68.8%), Fire (15.0%), and Hazardous Condition (7.0%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Atlantic, VA
• 99568.8%Rescue & EMS
• 21715.0%Fire
• 1017.0%Hazardous Condition
• 976.7%Good Intent Call
• 261.8%Service Call
• 90.6%False Alarm
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Structure Fires (59.9%), and Outside Fires (25.8%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Atlantic, VA
• 13059.9%Structure Fires
• 5625.8%Outside Fires
• 177.8%Other
• 146.5%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires