Boone: Fire Incidents, North Carolina (NC)
Where are fire incidents reported in Boone, NC
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2002 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents
- Incident types reported to NFIRS in Boone, NC
- 4,85738.2%Rescue & EMS
- 2,12316.7%False Alarm
- 1,73813.7%Hazardous Condition
- 1,72313.5%Good Intent Call
- 1,52312.0%Fire
- 6655.2%Service Call
- 570.4%Severe Weather
- 190.1%Special Incident
- 140.1%Overpressure Rupture
- Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Boone, NC
- 76550.2%Structure Fires
- 52634.5%Outside Fires
- 19412.7%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
- 382.5%Other
Based on the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire incidents per year is 90. The highest number of reported fire incidents - 142 took place in 2007, and the least - 29 in 2003. The data has a decreasing trend.
The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 6 minutes. This is similar to the state median value.The median response time in Boone, NC compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for all years, including only cities with at least 500 fire incidents)
| Boone: | 6 minutes |
| Newland: | 8 minutes |
| Lenoir: | 4 minutes |
| Millers Creek: | 9 minutes |
| Hudson: | 4 minutes |
| Wilkesboro: | 8 minutes |
| North Wilkesboro: | 6 minutes |
| Spruce Pine: | 10 minutes |
| Granite Falls: | 4 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 - 7 took place in 2010, and the lowest - 0 in 2003. The data has a declining trend.
The average number of injuries per 1,000 fire incidents is 9. This indicator was the highest - 63 in 2010, and the lowest 0 in 2003. The trend for casualties per 1,000 incidents is decreasing. Compared to the state value the number of injuries per 1,000 fire incidents is higher.Casualties per 1,000 incidents in Boone, NC compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for all years, including only cities with at least 500 fire incidents)
| Boone: | 11.2 |
| Newland: | 0.0 |
| Lenoir: | 10.2 |
| Millers Creek: | 4.1 |
| Hudson: | 3.5 |
| Wilkesboro: | 3.5 |
| North Wilkesboro: | 0.0 |
| Spruce Pine: | 0.0 |
| Granite Falls: | 2.1 |
35.8% incidents where reported in the morning and 64.2% in the evening. The most fires (15.4%) took place on Saturday, and the least (12.8%) on Thursday.
According to the 1,523 fires from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (11.6%) took place during April, and the least (6.5%) in July.
Out of all 12,719 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (38.2%), False Alarm (16.7%), and Hazardous Condition (13.7%).
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Structure Fires (50.2%), and Outside Fires (34.5%).