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Waynesboro: Fire Incidents, Tennessee (TN)

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 39. The highest number of reported fire incidents - 95 took place in 2007, and the least - 6 in 2018. The data has a declining trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 15 minutes. This is much higher than the Tennessee median value.


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

Waynesboro:	15 minutes
Hohenwald:	7 minutes
Lawrenceburg:	8 minutes
Summertown:	11 minutes
Savannah:	8 minutes
Leoma:	12 minutes
Parsons:	6 minutes
Florence:	5 minutes
Muscle Shoals:	4 minutes

According to the reports from the years 2003 - 2018 the average number of fire-related fatalities per year is 0. The highest number of deaths - 3 took place in 2013, and the lowest - 0 in 2003. The data has a constant trend.
34.8% incidents where reported in the morning and 65.2% in the evening. The most fires (17.6%) took place on Sunday, and the least (11.1%) on Tuesday.
According to the 629 incident reports from years 2003 - 2018 most fires (15.4%) took place during March, and the least (4.3%) in May.
Out of all 740 cases reported during the years 2003 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Fire (85.0%), Overpressure Rupture (4.9%), and Rescue & EMS (4.7%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Waynesboro, TN
• 62985.0%Fire
• 364.9%Rescue & EMS
• 354.7%Hazardous Condition
• 324.3%Good Intent Call
• 60.8%False Alarm
• 10.1%Service Call
• 10.1%Severe Weather
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Structure Fires (46.4%), and Outside Fires (35.1%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Waynesboro, TN
• 29246.4%Structure Fires
• 22135.1%Outside Fires
• 7411.8%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 426.7%Other