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South Point: Fire Incidents, Ohio (OH)

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

According to the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fires per year is 69. The highest number of fire incidents - 105 took place in 2011, and the least - 41 in 2016. The data has a decreasing trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 11 minutes. This is higher compared to the Ohio median value.


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

South Point:	11 minutes
Catlettsburg:	7 minutes
Ashland:	4 minutes
Chesapeake:	12 minutes
Ironton:	5 minutes
Proctorville:	12 minutes
Greenup:	8 minutes
Grayson:	12 minutes
Louisa:	8 minutes

31.7% incidents where reported in the morning and 68.3% in the evening. The most fires (15.7%) took place on Tuesday, and the least (12.0%) on Monday.
Based on the 1,179 fires from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (10.3%) took place during November, and the least (6.4%) in August.
Out of all 2,897 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Fire (40.7%), Hazardous Condition (22.4%), and Rescue & EMS (19.3%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in South Point, OH
• 1,17940.7%Fire
• 65022.4%Hazardous Condition
• 55919.3%Rescue & EMS
• 2117.3%Service Call
• 1705.9%Good Intent Call
• 923.2%False Alarm
• 150.5%Severe Weather
• 140.5%Special Incident
• 70.2%Overpressure Rupture
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Structure Fires (47.8%), and Outside Fires (38.6%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in South Point, OH
• 56347.8%Structure Fires
• 45538.6%Outside Fires
• 15212.9%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 90.8%Other