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Denton: Fire Incidents, North Carolina (NC)

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

Based on the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fires per year is 59. The highest number of fires - 100 took place in 2010, and the least - 10 in 2005. The data has an increasing trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 8 minutes. This is higher than the North Carolina median value.


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

Denton:	8 minutes
Lexington:	7 minutes
Rockwell:	8 minutes
Trinity:	6 minutes
Thomasville:	6 minutes
Asheboro:	6 minutes
Albemarle:	6 minutes
Seagrove:	10 minutes
Archdale:	5 minutes

29.3% incidents where reported in the morning and 70.7% in the evening. The most fires (15.3%) took place on Monday, and the least (13.0%) on Wednesday.
According to the 1,001 fires from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (13.0%) took place during January, and the least (4.1%) in September.
Out of all 3,929 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (28.6%), Fire (25.5%), and Hazardous Condition (15.7%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Denton, NC
• 1,12428.6%Rescue & EMS
• 1,00125.5%Fire
• 61515.7%Hazardous Condition
• 55514.1%Good Intent Call
• 40410.3%Service Call
• 1975.0%False Alarm
• 230.6%Severe Weather
• 60.2%Special Incident
• 40.1%Overpressure Rupture
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Structure Fires (50.7%), and Outside Fires (31.8%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Denton, NC
• 50850.7%Structure Fires
• 31831.8%Outside Fires
• 11711.7%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 585.8%Other