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Blacksburg: Fire Incidents, South Carolina (SC)

2003 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents

Based on the data from the years 2003 - 2018 the average number of fire incidents per year is 86. The highest number of fires - 203 took place in 2018, and the least - 7 in 2003. The data has an increasing trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 6 minutes. This is about the same as the state median value.


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

Blacksburg:	6 minutes
Grover:	7 minutes
Gaffney:	6 minutes
Shelby:	8 minutes
Kings Mountain:	7 minutes
Mooresboro:	9 minutes
Clover:	8 minutes
Cowpens:	8 minutes
York:	8 minutes

31.8% incidents where reported in the morning and 68.2% in the evening. The most fires (16.1%) took place on Thursday, and the least (12.3%) on Wednesday.
According to the 1,377 fire incidents from years 2003 - 2018 most fires (13.4%) took place during March, and the least (4.6%) in August.
Out of all 5,028 cases reported during the years 2003 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (44.2%), Fire (27.4%), and False Alarm (11.2%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Blacksburg, SC
• 2,22244.2%Rescue & EMS
• 1,37727.4%Fire
• 56111.2%False Alarm
• 2645.3%Hazardous Condition
• 2505.0%Service Call
• 2354.7%Good Intent Call
• 941.9%Severe Weather
• 240.5%Special Incident
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Outside Fires (42.1%), and Structure Fires (38.6%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Blacksburg, SC
• 58042.1%Outside Fires
• 53138.6%Structure Fires
• 21515.6%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 513.7%Other