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Sherrills Ford: 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 32. The highest number of reported fire incidents - 70 took place in 2016, and the least - 13 in 2012. The data has a declining trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 5 minutes. This is lower compared to the state median value.


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

Sherrills Ford:	5 minutes
Denver:	6 minutes
Troutman:	7 minutes
Catawba:	6 minutes
Mooresville:	6 minutes
Cornelius:	5 minutes
Claremont:	5 minutes
Davidson:	7 minutes
Maiden:	6 minutes

24.5% incidents where reported in the morning and 75.5% in the evening. The most fires (18.0%) took place on Saturday, and the least (11.6%) on Wednesday.
Based on the 543 fire incident reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (14.7%) took place during March, and the least (5.0%) in September.
Out of all 3,322 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Overpressure Rupture (51.8%), Fire (16.3%), and Hazardous Condition (11.2%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Sherrills Ford, NC
• 1,72151.8%Rescue & EMS
• 54316.3%Fire
• 37111.2%Service Call
• 2587.8%Hazardous Condition
• 2397.2%False Alarm
• 1825.5%Good Intent Call
• 40.1%Severe Weather
• 40.1%Special Incident
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Outside Fires (49.5%), and Structure Fires (28.5%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Sherrills Ford, NC
• 26949.5%Outside Fires
• 15528.5%Structure Fires
• 6011.0%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 5910.9%Other