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Old Fort: Fire Incidents, North Carolina (NC)

2005 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents

According to the data from the years 2005 - 2018 the average number of fires per year is 47. The highest number of fire incidents - 83 took place in 2018, and the least - 4 in 2009. The data has an increasing trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 11 minutes. This is higher than the North Carolina median value.


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

Old Fort:	11 minutes
Black Mountain:	6 minutes
Marion:	9 minutes
Swannanoa:	8 minutes
Lake Lure:	10 minutes
Fairview:	8 minutes
Spruce Pine:	10 minutes
Burnsville:	9 minutes
Asheville:	4 minutes

28.9% incidents where reported in the morning and 71.1% in the evening. The most fires (16.1%) took place on Friday, and the least (13.0%) on Sunday.
According to the 660 reports from years 2005 - 2018 most fires (13.0%) took place during April, and the least (3.6%) in June.
Out of all 4,261 cases reported during the years 2005 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (48.8%), Fire (15.5%), and Hazardous Condition (12.7%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Old Fort, NC
• 2,08048.8%Rescue & EMS
• 66015.5%Fire
• 54312.7%Hazardous Condition
• 3869.1%Good Intent Call
• 3087.2%Service Call
• 2205.2%False Alarm
• 611.4%Severe Weather
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Structure Fires (52.9%), and Outside Fires (31.1%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Old Fort, NC
• 34952.9%Structure Fires
• 20531.1%Outside Fires
• 8813.3%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 182.7%Other