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Newton Grove: 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 52. The highest number of fires - 133 took place in 2007, and the least - 28 in 2004. The data has a decreasing trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 10 minutes. This is higher compared to the North Carolina median value.


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

Newton Grove:	10 minutes
Benson:	9 minutes
Four Oaks:	9 minutes
Dunn:	8 minutes
Faison:	11 minutes
Mount Olive:	8 minutes
Clinton:	10 minutes
Salemburg:	11 minutes
Smithfield:	7 minutes

26.3% incidents where reported in the morning and 73.7% in the evening. The most fires (17.5%) took place on Friday, and the least (11.9%) on Sunday.
Based on the 886 fire incidents from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (10.4%) took place during March, and the least (6.4%) in December.
Out of all 2,461 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Fire (36.0%), Rescue & EMS (26.1%), and Good Intent Call (15.7%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Newton Grove, NC
• 88636.0%Fire
• 64326.1%Rescue & EMS
• 38615.7%Good Intent Call
• 29812.1%Hazardous Condition
• 1365.5%False Alarm
• 672.7%Service Call
• 381.5%Severe Weather
• 70.3%Overpressure Rupture
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Outside Fires (42.6%), and Structure Fires (39.3%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Newton Grove, NC
• 37742.6%Outside Fires
• 34839.3%Structure Fires
• 14015.8%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 212.4%Other