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Hiawassee: Fire Incidents, Georgia (GA)

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 40. The highest number of fires - 58 took place in 2002, and the least - 14 in 2006. The data has a declining trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 8 minutes. This is higher compared to the Georgia median value.


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

Hiawassee:	8 minutes
Blairsville:	9 minutes
Cleveland:	9 minutes
Clarkesville:	7 minutes
Dahlonega:	9 minutes
Blue Ridge:	8 minutes
Toccoa:	9 minutes
Dawsonville:	8 minutes
Gainesville:	6 minutes

Based on the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related casualties per year is 0. The highest number of reported casualties - 2 took place in 2009, and the lowest - 0 in 2002. The data has a constant trend. The average number of casualties per 1,000 fires is 9. This indicator was the highest - 53 in 2009, and the lowest 0 in 2002. The trend for casualties per 1,000 fires is constant. Compared to the Georgia value the number of casualties per 1,000 fires is similar.



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

Hiawassee:	10.4
Blairsville:	12.0
Cleveland:	5.5
Clarkesville:	7.8
Dahlonega:	2.1
Blue Ridge:	2.1
Toccoa:	2.3
Dawsonville:	5.2
Gainesville:	16.3

25.7% incidents where reported in the morning and 74.3% in the evening. The most fires (15.7%) took place on Wednesday, and the least (12.9%) on Friday.
Based on the 674 incident reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (16.9%) took place during March, and the least (4.3%) in August.
Out of all 7,200 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (51.0%), Good Intent Call (17.1%), and Hazardous Condition (11.7%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Hiawassee, GA
• 3,66951.0%Rescue & EMS
• 1,22917.1%Good Intent Call
• 84111.7%Hazardous Condition
• 6749.4%Fire
• 5717.9%Service Call
• 1702.4%False Alarm
• 370.5%Special Incident
• 80.1%Severe Weather
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Outside Fires (47.3%), and Structure Fires (33.5%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Hiawassee, GA
• 31947.3%Outside Fires
• 22633.5%Structure Fires
• 10315.3%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 263.9%Other