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Dillwyn: 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 47. The highest number of fire incidents - 72 took place in 2006, and the least - 19 in 2003. The data has an increasing 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 Dillwyn, VA compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for all years, including only cities with at least 500 fire incidents)

Dillwyn:	12 minutes
Farmville:	12 minutes
Appomattox:	12 minutes
Amherst:	15 minutes
Goochland:	13 minutes
Charlottesville:	5 minutes
Madison Heights:	12 minutes
Rustburg:	10 minutes
Lynchburg:	5 minutes

24.7% incidents where reported in the morning and 75.3% in the evening. The most fires (16.6%) took place on Tuesday, and the least (11.1%) on Friday.
Based on the 746 fires from years 2003 - 2018 most fires (17.3%) took place during March, and the least (4.8%) in August.
Out of all 1,288 cases reported during the years 2003 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Fire (57.9%), Service Call (15.0%), and Hazardous Condition (8.8%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Dillwyn, VA
• 74657.9%Fire
• 19315.0%Good Intent Call
• 1138.8%Service Call
• 1078.3%Hazardous Condition
• 927.1%Rescue & EMS
• 251.9%Special Incident
• 90.7%False Alarm
• 30.2%Severe Weather
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Outside Fires (53.9%), and Structure Fires (34.6%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Dillwyn, VA
• 40253.9%Outside Fires
• 25834.6%Structure Fires
• 7610.2%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 101.3%Other