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Mocksville: 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 fires per year is 174. The highest number of fires - 268 took place in 2007, and the least - 35 in 2013. The data has a declining trend.


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

Mocksville:	327.2
Clemmons:	41.7
Lewisville:	43.7
Salisbury:	116.0
Lexington:	172.1
Statesville:	105.5
Mooresville:	71.8
Thomasville:	78.8
Kannapolis:	24.5

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 7 minutes. This is comparable to the state median value.


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

Mocksville:	7 minutes
Advance:	7 minutes
Harmony:	7 minutes
Clemmons:	7 minutes
Lewisville:	7 minutes
Salisbury:	7 minutes
Yadkinville:	8 minutes
Lexington:	7 minutes
Statesville:	6 minutes

Based on the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly deaths is 0. The highest number of reported deaths - 1 took place in 2006, and the lowest - 0 in 2002. The data has a constant trend. The average number of fatalities per 1,000 fire incidents is 1. This indicator was the highest - 6 in 2006, and the lowest 0 in 2002. The trend for deaths per 1,000 fire incidents is constant. Compared to the state value the number of fatalities per 1,000 fires is about the same.


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

Mocksville:	1.7
Salisbury:	1.8
Lexington:	0.0
Statesville:	0.8
Winston-Salem:	2.1
Mooresville:	0.0
Thomasville:	2.5
Kernersville:	1.1
High Point:	1.2

Based on the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly casualties is 1. The highest number of reported casualties - 9 took place in 2007, and the lowest - 0 in 2003. The data has a dropping trend. The average number of casualties per 1,000 fires is 4. This indicator was the highest - 34 in 2007, and the lowest 0 in 2003. The trend for injuries per 1,000 fire incidents is declining. Compared to the North Carolina value the number of casualties per 1,000 fires is similar.



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

Mocksville:	5.7
Advance:	8.9
Harmony:	0.0
Clemmons:	19.2
Lewisville:	5.6
Salisbury:	4.6
Yadkinville:	3.1
Lexington:	2.5
Statesville:	8.4

28.8% incidents where reported in the morning and 71.2% in the evening. The most fires (15.4%) took place on Thursday, and the least (13.3%) on Monday.
According to the 2,960 incident reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (12.5%) took place during January, and the least (5.3%) in August.
Out of all 15,951 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (36.0%), Fire (18.6%), and Hazardous Condition (17.4%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Mocksville, NC
• 5,74836.0%Rescue & EMS
• 2,96018.6%Fire
• 2,78117.4%Hazardous Condition
• 2,24214.1%Good Intent Call
• 1,1627.3%Service Call
• 9295.8%False Alarm
• 660.4%Special Incident
• 510.3%Severe Weather
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Structure Fires (44.1%), and Outside Fires (34.3%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Mocksville, NC
• 1,30444.1%Structure Fires
• 1,01634.3%Outside Fires
• 43414.7%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 2067.0%Other