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Raeford: 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 265. The highest number of reported fires - 436 took place in 2010, and the least - 18 in 2002. The data has a growing trend.

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


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

Raeford:	8 minutes
Shannon:	10 minutes
Lumber Bridge:	10 minutes
Red Springs:	9 minutes
Parkton:	9 minutes
Hope Mills:	7 minutes
Aberdeen:	5 minutes
Pinebluff:	8 minutes
Southern Pines:	5 minutes

Based on the reports from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly casualties is 0. The highest number of casualties - 2 took place in 2015, and the lowest - 0 in 2002. The data has a rising trend. The average number of casualties per 1,000 fires is 2. This indicator was the highest - 8 in 2015, and the lowest 0 in 2002. The trend for injuries per 1,000 incidents is growing. Compared to the state value the number of casualties per 1,000 fires is much lower.



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

Raeford:	1.8
Shannon:	0.0
Lumber Bridge:	1.6
Red Springs:	1.3
Parkton:	0.8
Hope Mills:	2.7
Aberdeen:	4.7
Pinebluff:	1.6
Southern Pines:	9.5

27.5% incidents where reported in the morning and 72.5% in the evening. The most fires (16.3%) took place on Saturday, and the least (13.3%) on Tuesday.
Based on the 4,503 reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (14.8%) took place during March, and the least (5.8%) in September.
Out of all 11,143 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Fire (40.4%), Rescue & EMS (18.7%), and False Alarm (14.7%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Raeford, NC
• 4,50340.4%Fire
• 2,08718.7%Rescue & EMS
• 1,64014.7%False Alarm
• 1,44813.0%Good Intent Call
• 1,0169.1%Hazardous Condition
• 3072.8%Service Call
• 1231.1%Severe Weather
• 120.1%Special Incident
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Structure Fires (41.7%), and Outside Fires (41.6%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Raeford, NC
• 1,88041.7%Structure Fires
• 1,87541.6%Outside Fires
• 4469.9%Other
• 3026.7%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires