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Cameron: Fire Incidents, North Carolina (NC)

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

According to the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fires per year is 171. The highest number of fire incidents - 308 took place in 2007, and the least - 83 in 2003. The data has a decreasing trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 8 minutes. This is higher than the state median value.


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

Cameron:	8 minutes
Vass:	7 minutes
Carthage:	9 minutes
Sanford:	6 minutes
Southern Pines:	5 minutes
Broadway:	10 minutes
Pinehurst:	6 minutes
Aberdeen:	5 minutes
Spring Lake:	8 minutes

Based on the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related casualties per year is 0. The highest number of injuries - 1 took place in 2005, and the lowest - 0 in 2002. The data has a constant trend. The average number of injuries per 1,000 fire incidents is 1. This indicator was the highest - 7 in 2005, and the lowest 0 in 2002. The trend for injuries per 1,000 fires is constant. Compared to the state value the number of casualties per 1,000 fires is much lower.



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

Cameron:	1.4
Vass:	6.0
Carthage:	2.0
Sanford:	1.3
Southern Pines:	9.5
Broadway:	0.0
Pinehurst:	3.1
Aberdeen:	4.7
Spring Lake:	1.1

27.4% incidents where reported in the morning and 72.6% in the evening. The most fires (15.9%) took place on Saturday, and the least (12.3%) on Wednesday.
According to the 2,906 fire incident reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (13.8%) took place during March, and the least (5.0%) in October.
Out of all 9,831 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (31.4%), Fire (29.6%), and Good Intent Call (14.7%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Cameron, NC
• 3,08631.4%Rescue & EMS
• 2,90629.6%Fire
• 1,44714.7%Good Intent Call
• 1,35413.8%Hazardous Condition
• 4804.9%False Alarm
• 3823.9%Service Call
• 1601.6%Severe Weather
• 110.1%Special Incident
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Outside Fires (46.6%), and Structure Fires (43.0%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Cameron, NC
• 1,35346.6%Outside Fires
• 1,25143.0%Structure Fires
• 2127.3%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 903.1%Other