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Cordova: Fire Incidents, South Carolina (SC)

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

According to the data from the years 2003 - 2018 the average number of fires per year is 39. The highest number of fires - 80 took place in 2011, and the least - 16 in 2017. The data has an increasing trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 9 minutes. This is higher than the state median value.


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

Cordova:	9 minutes
Orangeburg:	5 minutes
Cope:	9 minutes
Bamberg:	6 minutes
Neeses:	11 minutes
Branchville:	10 minutes
Bowman:	11 minutes
Denmark:	7 minutes
North:	9 minutes

Based on the reports from the years 2003 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly casualties is 0. The highest number of reported injuries - 2 took place in 2006, and the lowest - 0 in 2003. The data has a constant trend. The average number of injuries per 1,000 fires is 7. This indicator was the highest - 48 in 2012, and the lowest 0 in 2003. The trend for injuries per 1,000 incidents is constant. Compared to the South Carolina value the number of injuries per 1,000 incidents is about the same.



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

Cordova:	6.5
Orangeburg:	7.4
Cope:	1.7
Bamberg:	5.3
Neeses:	0.0
Branchville:	3.7
Bowman:	0.8
Denmark:	3.3
North:	0.9

30.2% incidents where reported in the morning and 69.8% in the evening. The most fires (18.1%) took place on Thursday, and the least (9.7%) on Sunday.
Based on the 619 incident reports from years 2003 - 2018 most fires (16.0%) took place during March, and the least (3.7%) in September.
Out of all 1,377 cases reported during the years 2003 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Fire (45.0%), Rescue & EMS (28.8%), and Good Intent Call (9.7%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Cordova, SC
• 61945.0%Fire
• 39628.8%Rescue & EMS
• 1339.7%Good Intent Call
• 1178.5%Hazardous Condition
• 473.4%False Alarm
• 332.4%Severe Weather
• 282.0%Service Call
• 40.3%Overpressure Rupture
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Structure Fires (41.4%), and Outside Fires (40.1%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Cordova, SC
• 25641.4%Structure Fires
• 24840.1%Outside Fires
• 7612.3%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 396.3%Other