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East Flat Rock: Fire Incidents, North Carolina (NC)

2004 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents

Based on the data from the years 2004 - 2018 the average number of fire incidents per year is 39. The highest number of reported fire incidents - 79 took place in 2011, and the least - 5 in 2013. The data has a dropping trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 5 minutes. This is lower compared to the state median value.


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

East Flat Rock:	5 minutes
Hendersonville:	7 minutes
Fletcher:	7 minutes
Fairview:	8 minutes
Lake Lure:	10 minutes
Brevard:	7 minutes
Asheville:	4 minutes
Swannanoa:	8 minutes
Black Mountain:	6 minutes

31.8% incidents where reported in the morning and 68.2% in the evening. The most fires (17.0%) took place on Saturday, and the least (11.7%) on Friday.
According to the 588 fire incident reports from years 2004 - 2018 most fires (13.1%) took place during December, and the least (5.1%) in October.
Out of all 4,156 cases reported during the years 2004 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (39.1%), Overpressure Rupture (29.0%), and Fire (14.1%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in East Flat Rock, NC
• 1,62439.1%Hazardous Condition
• 1,20629.0%Rescue & EMS
• 58814.1%Fire
• 3398.2%Good Intent Call
• 3087.4%Service Call
• 601.4%False Alarm
• 210.5%Severe Weather
• 100.2%Special Incident
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Structure Fires (50.5%), and Outside Fires (28.6%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in East Flat Rock, NC
• 29750.5%Structure Fires
• 16828.6%Outside Fires
• 8614.6%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 376.3%Other