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Blairs: Fire Incidents, Virginia (VA)

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

Based on the data from the years 2003 - 2018 the average number of fires per year is 35. The highest number of reported fires - 74 took place in 2006, and the least - 17 in 2003. The data has a growing trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 10 minutes. This is higher compared to the state median value.


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

Blairs:	10 minutes
Danville:	5 minutes
Chatham:	12 minutes
Gretna:	12 minutes
Eden:	4 minutes
Halifax:	10 minutes
South Boston:	6 minutes
Martinsville:	7 minutes
Ridgeway:	8 minutes

26.9% incidents where reported in the morning and 73.1% in the evening. The most fires (21.2%) took place on Saturday, and the least (11.6%) on Tuesday.
According to the 561 fires from years 2003 - 2018 most fires (15.9%) took place during March, and the least (4.1%) in September.
Out of all 2,866 cases reported during the years 2003 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (50.3%), Fire (19.6%), and Hazardous Condition (17.6%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Blairs, VA
• 1,44150.3%Rescue & EMS
• 56119.6%Fire
• 50417.6%Hazardous Condition
• 1856.5%Good Intent Call
• 1224.3%Service Call
• 421.5%False Alarm
• 100.3%Severe Weather
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Outside Fires (46.3%), and Structure Fires (39.6%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Blairs, VA
• 26046.3%Outside Fires
• 22239.6%Structure Fires
• 6411.4%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 152.7%Other