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Pilot Mountain: 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 fires per year is 35. The highest number of fires - 67 took place in 2015, and the least - 12 in 2004. The data has a decreasing trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 9 minutes. This is higher compared to the North Carolina median value.


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

Pilot Mountain:	9 minutes
Pinnacle:	9 minutes
King:	8 minutes
Mount Airy:	7 minutes
East Bend:	7 minutes
Dobson:	9 minutes
Rural Hall:	8 minutes
Boonville:	9 minutes
Walnut Cove:	9 minutes

26.2% incidents where reported in the morning and 73.8% in the evening. The most fires (16.6%) took place on Saturday, and the least (12.1%) on Wednesday.
According to the 596 reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (15.6%) took place during March, and the least (4.2%) in July.
Out of all 2,368 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Overpressure Rupture (25.4%), Fire (25.2%), and Rescue & EMS (15.2%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Pilot Mountain, NC
• 60225.4%Rescue & EMS
• 59625.2%Fire
• 36015.2%Hazardous Condition
• 32813.9%Service Call
• 25910.9%Good Intent Call
• 1496.3%False Alarm
• 492.1%Severe Weather
• 251.1%Special Incident
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Structure Fires (42.8%), and Outside Fires (32.4%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Pilot Mountain, NC
• 25542.8%Structure Fires
• 19332.4%Outside Fires
• 7712.9%Other
• 7111.9%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires