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Sylva: Fire Incidents, North Carolina (NC)

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 55. The highest number of reported fires - 95 took place in 2014, and the least - 9 in 2002. The data has an increasing trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 7 minutes. This is about the same as the North Carolina median value.


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

Sylva:	7 minutes
Cherokee:	5 minutes
Bryson City:	9 minutes
Waynesville:	9 minutes
Franklin:	8 minutes
Clyde:	10 minutes
Canton:	9 minutes
Brevard:	7 minutes
Asheville:	4 minutes

32.9% incidents where reported in the morning and 67.1% in the evening. The most fires (17.3%) took place on Friday, and the least (12.4%) on Tuesday.
Based on the 937 reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (12.8%) took place during April, and the least (4.4%) in August.
Out of all 5,530 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Hazardous Condition (36.3%), Rescue & EMS (27.8%), and Fire (16.9%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Sylva, NC
• 2,00536.3%Hazardous Condition
• 1,53627.8%Rescue & EMS
• 93716.9%Fire
• 58310.5%Good Intent Call
• 3135.7%Service Call
• 1292.3%False Alarm
• 160.3%Severe Weather
• 80.1%Special Incident
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Structure Fires (56.9%), and Outside Fires (23.3%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Sylva, NC
• 53356.9%Structure Fires
• 21823.3%Outside Fires
• 13814.7%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 485.1%Other