October 2013 SCFIRS Report SCFIRS Team Community Risk Reduction Division of Fire and Life Safety (803)-896-1250 SCFIRS@llr.sc.gov Twitter: @SCFIRS 12/1/2013 1
October 2013 SCFIRS Report 14,526 REPORTED INCIDENTS EMS 57.21% False 10.82% Fire 8.20% Service 8.47% Explosion 0.17% Other 3.69% Hazard 3.10% Assist 11.60% Other 0.40% Weather 0.03% TOTAL INCIDENTS BY TYPE EMS 8311 Assist False Service Fire 1685 1572 1231 1191 Hazard 450 Other Explosion Weather 58 24 4 0 1000 2000 3000 4000 5000 6000 7000 8000 9000 2 12/1/2013
Top 10 Call Types Medical assist, assist EMS crew EMS call, excluding vehicle accident with injury Dispatched & canceled en route Vehicle accident with injuries MADE UP 72% OF ALL CALLS Motor vehicle accident with no injuries Public service Alarm system sounded, no fire - unintentional False alarm or false call, other Building fires Smoke detector activation, no fire - unintentional Fire Incidents by Month 3000 2500 2450 2000 1500 1000 1844 1489 1658 1414 1240 1024 1038 1266 1191 500 0 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct 12/1/2013 3
INCIDENTS BY HOUR 1200 1000 800 600 400 399 311 284 263 247 262 382 515 654 654 740 760 805 813 783 885 971 985 804 801 718 548 489 453 200 0 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Hour TOP 10 RESPONSE TIMES (MIN 100 CALLS) Rank Department Type Incident Count Average Response Time 1 HONEA PATH FD Vol. 131 0:02:34 2 MAULDIN FD Combo 225 0:02:56 3 GREENVILLE CITY FD Career 472 0:03:41 4 LANCASTER CITY FD Combo 109 0:03:42 5 EASLEY FD Combo 390 0:03:52 6 MYRTLE BEACH FD Career 894 0:04:03 7 WADE HAMPTON FD Career 130 0:04:33 8 FLORENCE FD Career 215 0:04:47 9 SIMPSONVILLE FD Career 208 0:04:50 T-10 CONWAY FIRE RESCUE Combo 241 0:04:51 T-10 GOOSE CREEK CITY FD Career 191 0:04:51 Top three last month: Greenville City FD, Georgetown City FD, Myrtle Beach FD, Statewide, the average response time in October to any incident type was 0:06:21 12/1/2013 4
FIRE DOLLAR LOSS DATA TOP 10 TOTAL PROPERTY/CONTENTS SAVED Rank Department Type # of Fires Amount Saved 1 FLORENCE FD Career 10 $20,180,000 2 NORTH CHARLESTON FD Career 69 $15,379,907 3 MYRTLE BEACH FD Career 27 $8,671,469 4 ANDERSON CITY FD Career 13 $2,018,630 5 MONCKS CORNER FIRE RESCUE Combination 2 $1,799,900 6 AIKEN DEPT OF PUBLIC SAFETY Combination 13 $807,450 7 ST JOHNS FD Career 12 $731,990 8 SIMPSONVILLE FD Career 6 $499,000 9 LEXINGTON COUNTY FIRE SERVICE Combination 126 $496,700 10 CONWAY FIRE RESCUE Combination 7 $405,300 Property/Contents Saved is calculated by subtracting the Property/Contents Loss from the Pre-Incident Value. Property and Contents lost values are estimates only and are intended only to provide an idea of how much damage the fire caused and what it would cost to replace the damaged materials. These estimates are not recognized in court as official appraisals of value. The Property and Contents fields should be completed for every fire incident type (100 series). SIGNIFICANT FIRES (LOSS > $100,000) Date Department Incident Type Duration Dollar Loss Oct 1 FLORENCE FD Restaurant fire 4:45:16 $2,000,000 Oct 5 FAIRFIELD COMMUNITY VFD Building fire 2:51:00 $300,000 Oct 10 BAMBERG FD Vehicle fire 2:49:00 $750,500 Oct 12 EASLEY FD House fire 7:17:41 $375,000 Oct 15 NORTH CHARLESTON FD Laundromat fire 1:22:28 $330,000 Oct 19 POPLAR SPRINGS FIRE SERVICE House fire 3:26:00 $175,000 Oct 20 LEE COUNTY FD House fire 12:00:00 $120,000 Oct 21 NORTH CHARLESTON FD Outside storage fire 22:35:00 $4,500,000 Oct 22 LEXINGTON COUNTY FIRE SERVICE Building fire 2:50:31 $350,000 Oct 23 MCDONALD GREEN FD House fire 5:12:16 $150,000 Oct 25 ST JOHNS FD House fire 2:33:53 $3,072,000 Oct 26 CAROMI FD Vehicle fire 4:00:36 $100,000 Oct 26 NORTH CHARLESTON FD House fire 3:51:00 $105,000 Oct 26 LEXINGTON COUNTY FIRE SERVICE House fire 2:48:00 $275,000 12/1/2013 5
Medical assist, assist EMS crew EMS call, excluding vehicle accident with injury Vehicle accident with injuries Motor vehicle accident with no injuries Emergency medical service, other Rescue, emergency medical call (EMS) call, other Motor vehicle/pedestrian accident (MV Ped) Rescue or EMS standby Extrication of victim(s) from vehicle Lock-in (if lock out, use 511 ) Removal of victim(s) from stalled elevator Watercraft rescue 8,295 EMS INCIDENTS 3500 3000 2500 2000 1500 1000 500 0 3039 2912 1034 637 244 218 73 52 36 23 20 7 12/1/2013 6
Building fires Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire Passenger vehicle fire Cooking fire, confined to container Grass fire Outside rubbish, trash or waste fire Fire in mobile home used as fixed residence Forest, woods or wildland fire Trash or rubbish fire, contained Fire, other Mobile property (vehicle) fire, other Outside rubbish fire, other Dumpster or other outside trash receptacle fire Natural vegetation fire, other Road freight or transport vehicle fire Fires in structures other than in a building Chimney or flue fire, confined to chimney or flue Special outside fire, other Off-road vehicle or heavy equipment fire Outside equipment fire 1,191 FIRE INCIDENTS 300 278 250 200 150 143 116 111 108 102 100 50 39 36 35 28 24 21 20 20 17 14 13 12 11 10 0 October 2013 experienced 1,191 fires which caused a reported $14,956,865 in property and contents damage, $36,500 being attributed to intentionally-set fires. 12/1/2013 7
Alarm system sounded, no fire - unintentional False alarm or false call, other Smoke detector activation, no fire - unintentional Alarm system sounded due to malfunction Smoke detector activation due to malfunction Detector activation, no fire - unintentional Unintentional transmission of alarm, other System malfunction, other Malicious, mischievous false call, other Central station, malicious false alarm Carbon monoxide detector activation, no CO Municipal alarm system, malicious false alarm Local alarm system, malicious false alarm Heat detector activation due to malfunction Sprinkler activation, no fire - unintentional CO detector activation due to malfunction Sprinkler activation due to malfunction Bomb scare - no bomb Telephone, malicious false alarm 2,015 FALSE INCIDENTS 600 500 487 400 300 361 311 282 200 161 136 100 66 36 29 21 19 17 17 16 16 13 13 12 2 0 Common False Call Property Types 1 or 2 family dwelling Hotel/motel, commercial Multifamily dwellings 24-hour care Nursing homes, 4 or more persons Business office Church, mosque, synagogue, temple, chapel Manufacturing, processing High school/junior high school/middle school Hospital - medical or psychiatric Residential, other 82 74 59 48 46 46 35 35 120 397 0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 400 450 12/1/2013 8
6 FIRE FATALITIES 70 65 60 55 50 45 40 35 30 25 20 15 10 5 0 Fatalities by Month - 5 Year Comparison AGE OF VICTIMS Over 50 62% Under 20 14% 20-50 Years 24% 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 October Fire Fatalities 1 Multiple Fatality Incident Date County Reported Cause Occupancy Age/Gender State Fatality Number 10/1/2013 Aiken Undetermined Single Family 62 Male 10/1/2013 Aiken Undetermined Single Family 65 Female 10/1/2013 Aiken Undetermined Single Family 89 Female 10/6/2013 Richland Smoking Apartment 60 Female 10/24/2013 Greenville Smoking Single Family 47 Male 10/25/2013 Lexington Other Single Family 70 Female 12/1/2013 9
A b b e v i l l e C o u n t y Abbeville County FD Abbeville FD Broadmouth Turkey Creek FD Cold Springs FD Edgewood FD Keowee FD Monterey Rural FD Sharon Rural FD A i k e n C o u n t y Aiken Department of Public Safety Beech Island FD Center FD Eureka FD Monetta Community VFD North Augusta Public Safety A l l e n d a l e C o u n t y A n d e r s o n C o u n t y Anderson City FD Broadway FD Center Rock FD Centerville VFD Cheddar FD Craytonville FD Ebenezer FD Flat Rock-Bowen FD Friendship FD Grove FD Townville FD Walker McElmoyle FD West Pelzer FD Williamston FD Williford FD Wren FD Zion FD B a m b e r g C o u n t y Bamberg FD October Data provided by: Berkeley County Caromi FD Forty-One Community VFD Goose Creek City FD Jamestown RFD Lebanon FD Moncks Corner Fire Rescue Moncks Corner RFD Pimlico Rural VFD Calhoun County Belleville VFD Fort Motte VFD St Matthews FD C h a r l e s t o n C o u n t y Charleston FD Great Falls FD Richburg VFD C h e r o k e e C o u n t y Buffalo VFD Cherokee Creek VFD CKC FD Gaffney FD Grassy Pond FD C h e s t e r C o u n t y Chester FD Great Falls FD Richburg VFD C h e s t e r f i e l d C o u n t y Cheraw FD Ruby Mount Croghan VFD C l a r e n d o n C o u n t y Clarendon County Fire Rescue C o l l e t o n C o u n t y Colleton County Fire Rescue Edisto Beach FD Summerville FD E d g e f i e l d C o u n t y Merriweather VFD F a i r f i e l d C o u n t y Blackstock Woodard VFD Dutchman Creek VFD Fairfield Community VFD Greenbrier-Bethel VFD Mitford VFD Ridgeway VFD Winnsboro Public Safety F l o r e n c e C o u n t y Florence City FD Howe Spring FD Lake City FD West Florence VFD Windy Hill FD B a r n w e l l C o u n t y Barnwell RFD Hilda FD Long Branch FD Williston FD B e a u f o r t C o u n t y Burton Fire District Daufuskie Island FD Sheldon Township FD D a r l i n g t o n C o u n t y Hartsville FD D i l l o n C o u n t y D o r c h e s t e r C o u n t y Ashley River FD Dorchester County Fire Rescue 12/1/2013 10
G r e e n w o o d C o u n t y October Data provided by: H a m p t o n C o u n t y H o r r y C o u n t y J a s p e r C o u n t y K e r s h a w C o u n t y 12/1/2013 11
All data is compiled 50 days after the end of the month, or the 20 th of the month. For example, we stopped accepting data for this report on November 20. Any errors in this report regarding your department s data or information about your department should be reported to us for continual monthly improvement. Data gathered from 213 of 435, or 49 percent of S.C. fire departments who report monthly, an increase from September where 44 percent reported. To date 205,619 incidents have been reported to SCFIRS from 318 departments. This represents an estimated 48% of all SC incidents. To increase this number and improve analysis of the South Carolina Fire Problem, fire departments are encouraged to send NFIRS reports on a consistent, monthly basis. S C F I R S 141 Monticello Trail Columbia, SC 29203 803-896-1250 SCFIRS@llr.sc.gov www.scfiremarshal.llronline.com 12/1/2013 12