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Clarksville: Fire Incidents, Virginia (VA)

2003 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents

Based on the data from the years 2003 - 2018 the average number of fires per year is 51. The highest number of fire incidents - 85 took place in 2006, and the least - 31 in 2017. The data has a decreasing trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 10 minutes. This is higher than the state median value.


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

Clarksville:	10 minutes
Boydton:	8 minutes
Chase City:	8 minutes
South Boston:	6 minutes
Oxford:	7 minutes
Henderson:	6 minutes
Halifax:	10 minutes
South Hill:	6 minutes
Roxboro:	8 minutes

According to the data from the years 2003 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly deaths is 0. The highest number of reported deaths - 2 took place in 2006, and the lowest - 0 in 2003. The data has a constant trend.
29.4% incidents where reported in the morning and 70.6% in the evening. The most fires (17.2%) took place on Sunday, and the least (12.1%) on Wednesday.
According to the 813 incident reports from years 2003 - 2018 most fires (13.8%) took place during February, and the least (4.6%) in August.
Out of all 2,351 cases reported during the years 2003 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Hazardous Condition (40.0%), Fire (34.6%), and Good Intent Call (14.3%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Clarksville, VA
• 94040.0%Hazardous Condition
• 81334.6%Fire
• 33714.3%Good Intent Call
• 934.0%Service Call
• 863.7%Rescue & EMS
• 733.1%False Alarm
• 60.3%Special Incident
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Structure Fires (44.2%), and Outside Fires (39.6%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Clarksville, VA
• 35944.2%Structure Fires
• 32239.6%Outside Fires
• 11013.5%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 222.7%Other