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Roanoke: Fire Incidents, Alabama (AL)

2002 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents

According to the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire incidents per year is 39. The highest number of reported fires - 74 took place in 2007, and the least - 0 in 2015. The data has a dropping trend.


The average number of yearly fire incidents per 10k residents in Roanoke, AL compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for the last 3 years, including only cities with population 5,000 and above)

Roanoke:	32.7
Lanett:	69.8
Valley:	43.0
Beulah:	1.6
Opelika:	39.8
Alexander City:	55.2
Auburn:	24.6
Oxford:	83.4

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 5 minutes. This is lower than the Alabama median value.


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

Roanoke:	5 minutes
Valley:	6 minutes
Dadeville:	11 minutes
Opelika:	4 minutes
Alexander City:	5 minutes
Heflin:	10 minutes
Auburn:	5 minutes
Oxford:	6 minutes

According to the reports from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related fatalities per year is 0. The highest number of deaths - 2 took place in 2006, and the lowest - 0 in 2002. The data has a constant trend.

Based on the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly casualties is 0. The highest number of reported casualties - 2 took place in 2007, and the lowest - 0 in 2002. The data has a growing trend. The average number of casualties per 1,000 fires is 9. This indicator was the highest - 43 in 2012, and the lowest 0 in 2002. The trend for casualties per 1,000 fires is rising. Compared to the Alabama value the number of injuries per 1,000 fire incidents is much higher.



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

Roanoke:	12.1
Valley:	8.9
Dadeville:	3.6
Opelika:	7.6
Alexander City:	1.4
Heflin:	1.7
Auburn:	0.8
Oxford:	20.0

32.5% incidents where reported in the morning and 67.5% in the evening. The most fires (18.0%) took place on Saturday, and the least (11.2%) on Wednesday.
Based on the 662 fire incident reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (13.6%) took place during March, and the least (4.8%) in May.
Out of all 1,311 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Fire (50.5%), Rescue & EMS (16.7%), and Overpressure Rupture (14.5%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Roanoke, AL
• 66250.5%Fire
• 21916.7%Hazardous Condition
• 19014.5%Rescue & EMS
• 1178.9%Service Call
• 634.8%False Alarm
• 403.1%Good Intent Call
• 151.1%Severe Weather
• 50.4%Special Incident
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Structure Fires (42.9%), and Outside Fires (36.3%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Roanoke, AL
• 28442.9%Structure Fires
• 24036.3%Outside Fires
• 10716.2%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 314.7%Other