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Zebulon: 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 138. The highest number of fire incidents - 190 took place in 2016, and the least - 75 in 2007. The data has an increasing trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 6 minutes. This is about the same as the state median value.


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

Zebulon:	6 minutes
Wendell:	6 minutes
Middlesex:	9 minutes
Bunn:	8 minutes
Knightdale:	5 minutes
Bailey:	10 minutes
Spring Hope:	11 minutes
Clayton:	8 minutes
Wake Forest:	6 minutes

According to the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related fatalities per year is 0. The highest number of reported deaths - 1 took place in 2002, and the lowest - 0 in 2003. The data has a decreasing trend.

According to the reports from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related casualties per year is 0. The highest number of casualties - 2 took place in 2004, and the lowest - 0 in 2002. The data has a constant trend. The average number of injuries per 1,000 fire incidents is 3. This indicator was the highest - 14 in 2004, and the lowest 0 in 2002. The trend for casualties per 1,000 fires is constant. Compared to the state value the number of injuries per 1,000 incidents is much lower.



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

Zebulon:	2.6
Wendell:	1.1
Middlesex:	0.0
Bunn:	0.0
Knightdale:	12.1
Bailey:	1.5
Spring Hope:	6.2
Clayton:	0.5
Wake Forest:	2.2

28.6% incidents where reported in the morning and 71.4% in the evening. The most fires (15.6%) took place on Friday, and the least (12.5%) on Wednesday.
Based on the 2,344 fires from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (12.0%) took place during March, and the least (5.5%) in October.
Out of all 14,137 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (51.2%), Fire (16.6%), and Hazardous Condition (12.5%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Zebulon, NC
• 7,24251.2%Rescue & EMS
• 2,34416.6%Fire
• 1,76312.5%Hazardous Condition
• 1,50010.6%Good Intent Call
• 6494.6%False Alarm
• 5954.2%Service Call
• 190.1%Overpressure Rupture
• 160.1%Severe Weather
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Structure Fires (43.0%), and Outside Fires (36.3%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Zebulon, NC
• 1,00843.0%Structure Fires
• 85036.3%Outside Fires
• 35815.3%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 1285.5%Other