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Chase City: Fire Incidents, Virginia (VA)

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

According to the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire incidents per year is 63. The highest number of fire incidents - 98 took place in 2005, and the least - 7 in 2002. The data has a growing trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 8 minutes. This is close to the Virginia median value.


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

Chase City:	8 minutes
Boydton:	8 minutes
Clarksville:	10 minutes
South Hill:	6 minutes
South Boston:	6 minutes
Halifax:	10 minutes
Nathalie:	9 minutes
Blackstone:	9 minutes
Henderson:	6 minutes

26.9% incidents where reported in the morning and 73.1% in the evening. The most fires (15.9%) took place on Saturday, and the least (12.2%) on Thursday.
According to the 1,069 reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (13.4%) took place during February, and the least (4.7%) in October.
Out of all 2,579 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Fire (41.5%), Hazardous Condition (34.5%), and Good Intent Call (13.0%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Chase City, VA
• 1,06941.5%Fire
• 89034.5%Hazardous Condition
• 33613.0%Good Intent Call
• 1204.7%Rescue & EMS
• 692.7%Service Call
• 672.6%False Alarm
• 251.0%Severe Weather
• 30.1%Overpressure Rupture
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Structure Fires (43.1%), and Outside Fires (41.6%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Chase City, VA
• 46143.1%Structure Fires
• 44541.6%Outside Fires
• 14213.3%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 212.0%Other