Canton: Fire Incidents, North Carolina (NC)
Where are fire incidents reported in Canton, NC
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2005 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents
- Incident types reported to NFIRS in Canton, NC
- 7,68962.0%Rescue & EMS
- 1,50512.1%Fire
- 1,1879.6%Service Call
- 9027.3%Good Intent Call
- 6555.3%Hazardous Condition
- 3002.4%False Alarm
- 1211.0%Severe Weather
- 310.2%Special Incident
- 150.1%Overpressure Rupture
- Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Canton, NC
- 86957.7%Structure Fires
- 45830.4%Outside Fires
- 1228.1%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
- 563.7%Other
According to the data from the years 2005 - 2018 the average number of fires per year is 108. The highest number of fire incidents - 177 took place in 2015, and the least - 11 in 2005. The data has an increasing trend.
The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 9 minutes. This is higher than the state median value.The median response time in Canton, NC compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for all years, including only cities with at least 500 fire incidents)
| Canton: | 9 minutes |
| Clyde: | 10 minutes |
| Waynesville: | 9 minutes |
| Asheville: | 4 minutes |
| Weaverville: | 7 minutes |
| Fletcher: | 7 minutes |
| Marshall: | 10 minutes |
| Brevard: | 7 minutes |
| Sylva: | 7 minutes |
Based on the data from the years 2005 - 2018 the average number of fire-related casualties per year is 1. The highest number of injuries - 4 took place in 2008, and the lowest - 0 in 2005. The data has a constant trend.
The average number of injuries per 1,000 fire incidents is 9. This indicator was the highest - 28 in 2008, and the lowest 0 in 2005. The trend for injuries per 1,000 fires is constant. Compared to the state value the number of casualties per 1,000 fires is higher.Casualties per 1,000 incidents in Canton, NC compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for all years, including only cities with at least 500 fire incidents)
| Canton: | 10.6 |
| Clyde: | 0.0 |
| Waynesville: | 3.1 |
| Asheville: | 8.6 |
| Weaverville: | 2.3 |
| Fletcher: | 3.3 |
| Marshall: | 5.8 |
| Brevard: | 10.8 |
| Sylva: | 0.0 |
32.0% incidents where reported in the morning and 68.0% in the evening. The most fires (17.5%) took place on Saturday, and the least (12.2%) on Sunday.
According to the 1,505 fire incident reports from years 2005 - 2018 most fires (12.6%) took place during March, and the least (4.1%) in August.
Out of all 12,405 cases reported during the years 2005 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (62.0%), Fire (12.1%), and Service Call (9.6%).
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Structure Fires (57.7%), and Outside Fires (30.4%).