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Whitakers: 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 45. The highest number of reported fire incidents - 101 took place in 2011, and the least - 2 in 2004. The data has a growing trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 12 minutes. This is higher compared to the state median value.


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

Whitakers:	12 minutes
Enfield:	11 minutes
Rocky Mount:	5 minutes
Scotland Neck:	7 minutes
Nashville:	9 minutes
Tarboro:	5 minutes
Elm City:	11 minutes
Weldon:	4 minutes
Roanoke Rapids:	5 minutes

37.2% incidents where reported in the morning and 62.8% in the evening. The most fires (16.8%) took place on Saturday, and the least (11.8%) on Wednesday.
Based on the 760 fire incident reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (11.6%) took place during March, and the least (4.5%) in May.
Out of all 3,006 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (30.4%), Good Intent Call (29.8%), and Fire (25.3%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Whitakers, NC
• 91430.4%Rescue & EMS
• 89629.8%Good Intent Call
• 76025.3%Fire
• 2207.3%Hazardous Condition
• 1163.9%False Alarm
• 872.9%Service Call
• 70.2%Overpressure Rupture
• 50.2%Severe Weather
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Structure Fires (49.3%), and Outside Fires (31.1%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Whitakers, NC
• 37549.3%Structure Fires
• 23631.1%Outside Fires
• 10413.7%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 455.9%Other