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Maiden: Fire Incidents, North Carolina (NC)

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

According to the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire incidents per year is 58. The highest number of reported fires - 86 took place in 2015, and the least - 24 in 2002. The data has a growing trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 6 minutes. This is comparable to the North Carolina median value.


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

Maiden:	6 minutes
Newton:	5 minutes
Lincolnton:	6 minutes
Conover:	5 minutes
Claremont:	5 minutes
Denver:	6 minutes
Catawba:	6 minutes
Hickory:	5 minutes
Sherrills Ford:	5 minutes

27.6% incidents where reported in the morning and 72.4% in the evening. The most fires (19.0%) took place on Saturday, and the least (11.2%) on Tuesday.
According to the 978 fires from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (13.7%) took place during March, and the least (4.8%) in August.
Out of all 4,558 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (33.5%), Fire (21.5%), and Hazardous Condition (16.7%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Maiden, NC
• 1,52633.5%Rescue & EMS
• 97821.5%Fire
• 75916.7%Hazardous Condition
• 4519.9%Service Call
• 4048.9%Good Intent Call
• 3988.7%False Alarm
• 240.5%Severe Weather
• 110.2%Special Incident
• 70.2%Overpressure Rupture
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Structure Fires (42.1%), and Outside Fires (37.6%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Maiden, NC
• 41242.1%Structure Fires
• 36837.6%Outside Fires
• 10911.1%Other
• 899.1%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires