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Ruckersville: Fire Incidents, Virginia (VA)

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 46. The highest number of fire incidents - 66 took place in 2011, and the least - 22 in 2018. The data has a decreasing trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 10 minutes. This is higher compared to the Virginia median value.


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

Ruckersville:	10 minutes
Madison:	6 minutes
Orange:	9 minutes
Charlottesville:	5 minutes
Elkton:	10 minutes
Louisa:	11 minutes
Grottoes:	9 minutes
Stanley:	7 minutes
Culpeper:	13 minutes

26.0% incidents where reported in the morning and 74.0% in the evening. The most fires (18.5%) took place on Saturday, and the least (12.0%) on Wednesday.
According to the 777 fires from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (14.2%) took place during February, and the least (4.0%) in September.
Out of all 2,992 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Fire (26.0%), Rescue & EMS (24.8%), and Hazardous Condition (21.4%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Ruckersville, VA
• 77726.0%Fire
• 74124.8%Rescue & EMS
• 64121.4%Hazardous Condition
• 58319.5%Good Intent Call
• 983.3%Service Call
• 943.1%False Alarm
• 461.5%Severe Weather
• 90.3%Special Incident
• 30.1%Overpressure Rupture
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Structure Fires (42.6%), and Outside Fires (40.2%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Ruckersville, VA
• 33142.6%Structure Fires
• 31240.2%Outside Fires
• 9912.7%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 354.5%Other