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Red Springs: 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 136. The highest number of reported fires - 236 took place in 2014, and the least - 27 in 2003. The data has an increasing trend.

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


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

Red Springs:	9 minutes
Shannon:	10 minutes
Lumber Bridge:	10 minutes
Pembroke:	11 minutes
Maxton:	12 minutes
Parkton:	9 minutes
Raeford:	8 minutes
Lumberton:	7 minutes
Laurinburg:	5 minutes

Based on the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly deaths is 0. The highest number of deaths - 2 took place in 2003, and the lowest - 0 in 2002. The data has a constant trend.
30.1% incidents where reported in the morning and 69.9% in the evening. The most fires (16.9%) took place on Saturday, and the least (12.6%) on Sunday.
Based on the 2,308 fire incidents from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (13.3%) took place during March, and the least (5.4%) in June.
Out of all 3,699 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Fire (62.4%), Rescue & EMS (11.6%), and Hazardous Condition (9.9%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Red Springs, NC
• 2,30862.4%Fire
• 43011.6%Rescue & EMS
• 3659.9%Hazardous Condition
• 2697.3%False Alarm
• 2025.5%Good Intent Call
• 1103.0%Service Call
• 110.3%Special Incident
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Outside Fires (55.8%), and Structure Fires (36.6%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Red Springs, NC
• 1,28855.8%Outside Fires
• 84536.6%Structure Fires
• 1265.5%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 492.1%Other