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Chatham: 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 73. The highest number of fire incidents - 107 took place in 2006, and the least - 49 in 2009. The data has a dropping trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 12 minutes. This is higher than the Virginia median value.


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

Chatham:	12 minutes
Gretna:	12 minutes
Blairs:	10 minutes
Danville:	5 minutes
Hurt:	12 minutes
Nathalie:	9 minutes
Halifax:	10 minutes
Martinsville:	7 minutes
South Boston:	6 minutes

According to the reports from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related fatalities per year is 0. The highest number of deaths - 1 took place in 2004, and the lowest - 0 in 2002. The data has an increasing trend.

Based on the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly casualties is 1. The highest number of reported injuries - 6 took place in 2016, and the lowest - 0 in 2002. The data has a constant trend. The average number of casualties per 1,000 fire incidents is 11. This indicator was the highest - 83 in 2016, and the lowest 0 in 2002. The trend for injuries per 1,000 fires is constant. Compared to the Virginia value the number of injuries per 1,000 fire incidents is lower.



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

Chatham:	10.4
Gretna:	0.0
Blairs:	0.0
Danville:	21.7
Hurt:	1.7
Nathalie:	1.2
Halifax:	1.5
Martinsville:	13.2
South Boston:	0.0

25.4% incidents where reported in the morning and 74.6% in the evening. The most fires (16.1%) took place on Monday, and the least (12.4%) on Sunday.
Based on the 1,246 fire incident reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (12.4%) took place during January, and the least (5.5%) in October.
Out of all 4,496 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (34.0%), Fire (27.7%), and Overpressure Rupture (19.1%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Chatham, VA
• 1,52934.0%Hazardous Condition
• 1,24627.7%Fire
• 85719.1%Rescue & EMS
• 56812.6%Good Intent Call
• 1573.5%False Alarm
• 1172.6%Service Call
• 190.4%Severe Weather
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Outside Fires (44.4%), and Structure Fires (39.2%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Chatham, VA
• 55344.4%Outside Fires
• 48939.2%Structure Fires
• 14411.6%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 604.8%Other