Elkin: Fire Incidents, North Carolina (NC)
Where are fire incidents reported in Elkin, NC
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2002 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents
- Incident types reported to NFIRS in Elkin, NC
- 1,77944.4%Rescue & EMS
- 81120.2%Fire
- 3809.5%Hazardous Condition
- 3799.5%Good Intent Call
- 2897.2%Service Call
- 2345.8%False Alarm
- 792.0%Severe Weather
- 571.4%Special Incident
- Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Elkin, NC
- 34943.0%Structure Fires
- 21126.0%Outside Fires
- 14918.4%Other
- 10212.6%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
According to the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire incidents per year is 48. The highest number of reported fire incidents - 83 took place in 2015, and the least - 9 in 2002. The data has a rising trend.
The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 8 minutes. This is higher than the state median value.
The median response time in Elkin, NC compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for all years, including only cities with at least 500 fire incidents)
The median response time in Elkin, NC compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for all years, including only cities with at least 500 fire incidents)
Elkin: | 8 minutes |
Jonesville: | 9 minutes |
Boonville: | 9 minutes |
Dobson: | 9 minutes |
Yadkinville: | 8 minutes |
North Wilkesboro: | 6 minutes |
Wilkesboro: | 8 minutes |
East Bend: | 7 minutes |
Harmony: | 7 minutes |
31.1% incidents where reported in the morning and 68.9% in the evening. The most fires (16.9%) took place on Thursday, and the least (12.2%) on Sunday.
Based on the 811 incident reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (13.9%) took place during March, and the least (5.2%) in October.
Out of all 4,010 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (44.4%), Fire (20.2%), and Hazardous Condition (9.5%).
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Structure Fires (43.0%), and Outside Fires (26.0%).