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Valley: Fire Incidents, Alabama (AL)

2003 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents

According to the data from the years 2003 - 2018 the average number of fires per year is 49. The highest number of fires - 138 took place in 2006, and the least - 7 in 2010. The data has a growing trend.


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

Valley:	43.0
Lanett:	69.8
Beulah:	1.6
Opelika:	39.8
Smiths Station:	80.0
Smiths:	13.9
Auburn:	24.6
Phenix City:	37.5
Roanoke:	32.7

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 6 minutes. This is comparable to the Alabama median value.


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

Valley:	6 minutes
Opelika:	4 minutes
Smiths:	8 minutes
Auburn:	5 minutes
Phenix City:	4 minutes
Roanoke:	5 minutes
Dadeville:	11 minutes

According to the reports from the years 2003 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly casualties is 0. The highest number of casualties - 3 took place in 2006, and the lowest - 0 in 2004. The data has a dropping trend. The average number of injuries per 1,000 fire incidents is 7. This indicator was the highest - 43 in 2003, and the lowest 0 in 2004. The trend for injuries per 1,000 fires is dropping. Compared to the state value the number of casualties per 1,000 fires is higher.



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

Valley:	8.9
Opelika:	7.6
Smiths:	2.0
Auburn:	0.8
Phenix City:	3.6
Roanoke:	12.1
Dadeville:	3.6

30.2% incidents where reported in the morning and 69.8% in the evening. The most fires (15.6%) took place on Thursday, and the least (13.0%) on Sunday.
According to the 784 fires from years 2003 - 2018 most fires (14.2%) took place during March, and the least (4.6%) in December.
Out of all 2,288 cases reported during the years 2003 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Fire (34.3%), Rescue & EMS (19.1%), and Hazardous Condition (16.5%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Valley, AL
• 78434.3%Fire
• 43619.1%Rescue & EMS
• 37716.5%Hazardous Condition
• 36115.8%Good Intent Call
• 1878.2%Service Call
• 1285.6%False Alarm
• 70.3%Severe Weather
• 60.3%Overpressure Rupture
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Structure Fires (43.1%), and Outside Fires (35.7%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Valley, AL
• 33843.1%Structure Fires
• 28035.7%Outside Fires
• 9912.6%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 678.5%Other