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Chapin: Fire Incidents, South Carolina (SC)

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

According to the data from the years 2004 - 2018 the average number of fires per year is 69. The highest number of fire incidents - 102 took place in 2010, and the least - 8 in 2009. The data has an increasing trend.

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


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

Chapin:	8 minutes
Irmo:	8 minutes
Lexington:	7 minutes
Gilbert:	8 minutes
Newberry:	5 minutes
West Columbia:	6 minutes
Winnsboro:	6 minutes
Blythewood:	9 minutes
Cayce:	5 minutes

28.3% incidents where reported in the morning and 71.7% in the evening. The most fires (17.5%) took place on Saturday, and the least (11.6%) on Thursday.
Based on the 1,042 incident reports from years 2004 - 2018 most fires (11.7%) took place during January, and the least (6.1%) in October.
Out of all 5,066 cases reported during the years 2004 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (41.3%), Fire (20.6%), and Good Intent Call (12.3%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Chapin, SC
• 2,09041.3%Rescue & EMS
• 1,04220.6%Fire
• 62412.3%Good Intent Call
• 4669.2%False Alarm
• 4278.4%Service Call
• 3917.7%Hazardous Condition
• 180.4%Severe Weather
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Outside Fires (55.0%), and Structure Fires (31.1%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Chapin, SC
• 57355.0%Outside Fires
• 32431.1%Structure Fires
• 13713.1%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 80.8%Other