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Laurel Hill: Fire Incidents, North Carolina (NC)

2002 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents

Based on the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire incidents per year is 54. The highest number of fire incidents - 92 took place in 2007, and the least - 14 in 2003. The data has a dropping trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 7 minutes. This is about the same as the North Carolina median value.


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

Laurel Hill:	7 minutes
Lawndale:	8 minutes
Connelly Springs:	8 minutes
Valdese:	6 minutes
Cherryville:	7 minutes
Lincolnton:	6 minutes
Hickory:	5 minutes
Maiden:	6 minutes
Morganton:	7 minutes

24.4% incidents where reported in the morning and 75.6% in the evening. The most fires (16.8%) took place on Monday, and the least (10.7%) on Thursday.
According to the 915 reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (14.5%) took place during February, and the least (5.5%) in September.
Out of all 1,351 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Fire (67.7%), Service Call (11.5%), and Overpressure Rupture (11.0%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Laurel Hill, NC
• 91567.7%Fire
• 15511.5%Good Intent Call
• 14811.0%Rescue & EMS
• 685.0%False Alarm
• 533.9%Hazardous Condition
• 50.4%Special Incident
• 40.3%Service Call
• 30.2%Severe Weather
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Outside Fires (54.1%), and Structure Fires (30.4%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Laurel Hill, NC
• 49554.1%Outside Fires
• 27830.4%Structure Fires
• 9810.7%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 444.8%Other