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Cedar Bluff: Fire Incidents, Alabama (AL)

2004 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents

According to the data from the years 2004 - 2018 the average number of fire incidents per year is 33. The highest number of reported fires - 89 took place in 2016, and the least - 13 in 2004. The data has a rising trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 11 minutes. This is higher compared to the Alabama median value.


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

Cedar Bluff:	11 minutes
Gaylesville:	10 minutes
Centre:	11 minutes
Fort Payne:	5 minutes
Piedmont:	8 minutes
Gadsden:	5 minutes
Jacksonville:	6 minutes
Boaz:	6 minutes
Albertville:	5 minutes

29.3% incidents where reported in the morning and 70.7% in the evening. The most fires (18.2%) took place on Saturday, and the least (12.0%) on Thursday.
According to the 501 fire incidents from years 2004 - 2018 most fires (16.2%) took place during March, and the least (5.4%) in August.
Out of all 1,071 cases reported during the years 2004 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Fire (46.8%), Overpressure Rupture (26.5%), and Service Call (10.0%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Cedar Bluff, AL
• 50146.8%Fire
• 28426.5%Rescue & EMS
• 10710.0%Good Intent Call
• 575.3%False Alarm
• 524.9%Hazardous Condition
• 242.2%Service Call
• 232.1%Severe Weather
• 232.1%Special Incident
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Structure Fires (49.9%), and Outside Fires (38.1%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Cedar Bluff, AL
• 25049.9%Structure Fires
• 19138.1%Outside Fires
• 377.4%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 234.6%Other