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Lancaster: Fire Incidents, South Carolina (SC)

2003 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents

Based on the data from the years 2003 - 2018 the average number of fire incidents per year is 476. The highest number of reported fires - 722 took place in 2007, and the least - 59 in 2003. The data has a growing trend.


The average number of yearly fire incidents per 10k residents in Lancaster, SC compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for the last 3 years, including only cities with population 5,000 and above)

Lancaster:	574.4
Rock Hill:	50.2
Fort Mill:	111.3
Chester:	166.2
Tega Cay:	23.8
Lake Wylie:	3.4
York:	138.1
Camden:	142.2
Lugoff:	130.0

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 9 minutes. This is higher than the South Carolina median value.


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

Lancaster:	9 minutes
Heath Springs:	11 minutes
Great Falls:	6 minutes
Richburg:	7 minutes
Waxhaw:	8 minutes
Kershaw:	12 minutes
Rock Hill:	6 minutes
Fort Mill:	8 minutes
Monroe:	6 minutes

According to the data from the years 2003 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly deaths is 1. The highest number of deaths - 2 took place in 2011, and the lowest - 0 in 2004. The data has a declining trend. The average number of fatalities per 1,000 fires is 2. This indicator was the highest - 17 in 2003, and the lowest 0 in 2004. The trend for deaths per 1,000 fire incidents is dropping. Compared to the South Carolina value the number of deaths per 1,000 fires is lower.


Deaths per 1,000 incidents in Lancaster, SC compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for all years, including only cities with at least 2,500 fire incidents)

Lancaster:	1.3
Rock Hill:	1.5
Monroe:	1.2
Charlotte:	2.2

According to the data from the years 2003 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly casualties is 0. The highest number of injuries - 1 took place in 2003, and the lowest - 0 in 2004. The data has a dropping trend. The average number of injuries per 1,000 fire incidents is 1. This indicator was the highest - 17 in 2003, and the lowest 0 in 2004. The trend for casualties per 1,000 fires is declining. Compared to the state value the number of injuries per 1,000 incidents is much lower.



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

Lancaster:	0.4
Heath Springs:	3.4
Great Falls:	0.0
Richburg:	0.0
Waxhaw:	1.0
Kershaw:	0.6
Rock Hill:	6.3
Fort Mill:	5.4
Monroe:	10.6

30.8% incidents where reported in the morning and 69.2% in the evening. The most fires (15.5%) took place on Monday, and the least (13.3%) on Thursday.
Based on the 7,620 fires from years 2003 - 2018 most fires (11.0%) took place during March, and the least (6.9%) in October.
Out of all 27,256 cases reported during the years 2003 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (38.3%), Fire (28.0%), and Good Intent Call (12.2%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Lancaster, SC
• 10,43438.3%Rescue & EMS
• 7,62028.0%Fire
• 3,32812.2%Good Intent Call
• 2,2088.1%Hazardous Condition
• 2,1577.9%Service Call
• 1,4145.2%False Alarm
• 670.2%Special Incident
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Structure Fires (43.2%), and Outside Fires (41.1%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Lancaster, SC
• 3,29443.2%Structure Fires
• 3,12941.1%Outside Fires
• 96312.6%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 2343.1%Other