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Pittsboro: 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 85. The highest number of fires - 147 took place in 2006, and the least - 31 in 2017. The data has an increasing trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 8 minutes. This is higher compared to the North Carolina median value.


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

Pittsboro:	8 minutes
Carrboro:	4 minutes
Siler City:	7 minutes
Chapel Hill:	5 minutes
Sanford:	6 minutes
Apex:	6 minutes
Broadway:	10 minutes
Holly Springs:	6 minutes
Morrisville:	6 minutes

29.8% incidents where reported in the morning and 70.2% in the evening. The most fires (16.9%) took place on Saturday, and the least (13.4%) on Tuesday.
Based on the 1,449 reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (12.1%) took place during March, and the least (6.4%) in May.
Out of all 9,780 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Overpressure Rupture (50.6%), Fire (14.8%), and Rescue & EMS (14.6%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Pittsboro, NC
• 4,94450.6%Rescue & EMS
• 1,44914.8%Fire
• 1,42314.6%Hazardous Condition
• 8238.4%False Alarm
• 6316.5%Good Intent Call
• 4935.0%Service Call
• 110.1%Severe Weather
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Structure Fires (46.7%), and Outside Fires (29.9%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Pittsboro, NC
• 67646.7%Structure Fires
• 43329.9%Outside Fires
• 19913.7%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 1419.7%Other