Fighting Fires With Facts

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1 Fighting s With Facts VFIRS Annual Report Volume 10 - August 2016 i

2 Table of Contents INDEX OF FIGURES... II INDEX OF TABLES... III CHAPTER 1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY... IV VFIRS PARTICIPATION... IV INCIDENT TYPES... IV FIRE AND TOTAL DOLLAR LOSS... V CIVILIAN AND FIRE SERVICE CASUALTIES... V INCIDENT TRENDS... VI HIGHLIGHTS FROM 2015 VFIRS INCIDENT REPORTING...VII CHAPTER 1 NFIRS/VFIRS - INTRODUCTION NATIONAL FIRE INCIDENT REPORTING SYSTEM (NFIRS) REPORTING DEADLINES QUALITY CONTROL PROGRAM TEAM ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS CHAPTER 2 VFIRS - THE STATE VIEW INCIDENT TYPES INCIDENT TRENDS INCIDENT RATES VDFP DIVISIONS CASUALTIES FIRE INCIDENTS AID GIVEN OR RECEIVED DATE/TIME OF INCIDENT ACTIONS TAKEN RESOURCES TOTAL HOURS COMMITTED PROPERTY USE AUTOMATIC EXTINGUISHING SYSTEM (AES) INTENTIONAL / INCENDIARY FIRE INCIDENTS DATA NOTICE AND VDFP DEPARTMENTS CHAPTER 3 VFIRS - THE LOCALITY VIEW MAP - VFIRS PARTICIPATION BY LOCALITY, CHAPTER 4 VFIRS - THE DEPARTMENT VIEW i

3 Index of Figures Figure 1. Incident Type Summary, Virginia, v Figure 2. By Type, Virginia, vi Figure 3. Incident Type Summary, Virginia, Figure 4. By Type, Virginia, Figure 5. Incident Rate Comparison By Incident Type, Virginia, Figure 6. VFIRS Incident Rates, Virginia, Figure 7. Number of By VDFP Division, Virginia, Figure 8. by Category, Virginia, Figure 9. By Category, Virginia, Figure 10. Aid Given or Received, Virginia, Figure 11. By Month, By Incident Type, Virginia, Figure 12. By Month, Figure 13. By Month, Figure 14. By Hour of Day, Figure 15. Actions Taken Series with Reported, Virginia, Figure 16. Percentage of Apparatus Responding to an Incident, Virginia, Figure 17. Personnel that Responded to an Incident, Virginia, Figure 18. Average Hours Committed by Incident Type, Virginia, Figure 19. Property Use Series with Reported, Virginia, Figure 20. Residential Property Use Series By Incident Series, Virginia, ii

4 Index of Tables Table 1. Incident Type Summary, Virginia, iv Table 2. Dollar Loss and Loss Summary, Virginia, v Table 3. Casualty Summary, Virginia, vi Table 4. Incident Type Summary, Virginia, vi Table 5. Incident Type Summary, Virginia, Table 6. Top 25 Incident Types, Virginia, Table 7. Top 10 Incident Types By Incident Series, Virginia, Table 8. Incident Type Summary, Virginia, Table 9. Incident Rates By Incident Type, Virginia, Table 10. VFIRS Incident Rate Summary, Virginia, Table 11. Incident Type Summary By VDFP Division, Virginia, Table 12. Incident Rate Summary By VDFP Division, Virginia, Table 13. Civilian Casualty Summary, Virginia, Table 14. Service Casualty Summary, Virginia, Table 15. By Category, Virginia, Table 16. Aid Given or Received Summary, Virginia, Table 17. Number of By Month By Incident Series, Virginia, Table 18. Number of By Day of Week By Incident Series, Virginia, Table 19. Number of By Hour of Day By Incident Series, Virginia, Table 20. Actions Taken Series with Reported, Virginia, Table 21. Top 10 Actions Taken By Incident Series, Virginia, Table 22. Average Apparatus that Responded to an Incident By Incident Series, Virginia, Table 23. Average Personnel that Responded to an Incident By Incident Series, Virginia, Table 24. Hours Committed Summary, Virginia, Table 25. Property Use Series with Reported, Virginia, Table 26. Residential Property Use Series By Incident Series, Virginia, Table 27. Top 10 Property Use By Incident Series, Virginia, Table 28. Structure s Dollar Loss Summary By Automatic Extinguishing System (AES) Presence By Property Use, Virginia, Table 29. Intentional / Incendiary By Property Use, Virginia, Table 30. Incident Type Summary By Incident Series/Category, Virginia, Table 31. VFIRS Participation By Locality, Virginia, Table 32. VFIRS Summary Data By Locality, Virginia, Table 33. Incident Type Summary By Locality, Virginia, Table 34. VFIRS Incident Summary By Month, Virginia, Table 35. VFIRS Rate Summary By Locality, Virginia, Table 36. Monthly Incident Counts By Department, Virginia, Table 37. VFIRS Star Departments, Virginia, Table 38. VFIRS Departments Not Reporting, Virginia, Table 39. VFIRS Summary Data By Department, Virginia, Table 40. Incident Type Summary By Department, Virginia, iii

5 Chapter 1 Executive Summary service in Virginia has the responsibility to be prepared to respond to many different types of situations and events. fighters respond to all types of fires, but also have to be equipped to handle medical emergencies, rescue operations, hazardous conditions, and severe weather occurrences. service also performs many tasks of providing public service assistance to their local communities. VFIRS Participation For calendar year 2015, 487 or 74.9% of the total 650 fire departments in Virginia reported incidents to VFIRS. Incident Types In 2015, fire departments responded to 810,537 incidents in Virginia. These incidents included 27,373 fires, 556,407 rescue and EMS incidents, 28,911 hazardous condition calls, 53,385 service calls, 82,094 good intent calls, 56,729 false calls and 5,638 other calls. (See Table 1.) There were 47,704 incidents in which a fire department provided assistance (mutual or automatic aid given) to another jurisdiction. In addition, there were 312 exposure fires (a fire in a building, structure, vehicle, or outside property resulting from a fire outside that building, structure, vehicle or outside property). Table 1. Incident Type Summary, Virginia, 2015 Incident Type Percent s 27, Rescue and EMS 556, Hazardous Condition 28, Service Call 53, Good Intent 82, False Alarm 56, Other Calls 5, , Aid Given 47,704 Exposure s 312 Grand 858,553 incidents accounted for just over 3 percent of the total incidents responded to by fire departments in Virginia for (See Figure 1.) Rescue and emergency medical service incidents made up close to 69 percent of the total responses by fire departments. iv

6 Figure 1. Incident Type Summary, Virginia, 2015 Rescue and EMS 69% Hazardous Condition 3% Good Intent 10% Service Call 7% s 3% False Alarm 7% Other Calls 1% and Dollar Loss s dollar loss is required for all fire incidents and helps to measure the severity of fire loss in Virginia. In 2015, there were 27,373 fires with a total fire dollar loss reported as more than $242 million. (See Table 2.) fire dollar loss increased by more than $52 thousand from the amount reported in Table 2. Dollar Loss and Loss Summary, Virginia, 2015 Dollar Loss Dollar Loss $242,385,500 Dollar Loss $257,072,224 Civilian and Service Casualties In addition, losses also occur when civilian or fire service are injured or killed during an incident. According to the National Incident Reporting System NFIRS, there were 345 civilian injuries and 59 civilian deaths due to fire incidents in (See Table 3.) The Services had 481 injuries and suffered 1 death with their personnel in 2015, including fire and non-fire incidents. v

7 Table 3. Casualty Summary, Virginia, 2015 Civilian Casualties Civilian Injuries 345 Civilian Deaths 59 Civilian Casualties 404 Service Casualties Service Injuries 481 Service Deaths 1 Service Casualties 482 Incident Trends The total numbers of incidents reported by fire departments in Virginia have increased by 126,337 since (See Table 4. and Figure 2.). Rescue and EMS calls have increased steadily between 2011 and 2014 but decreased in incidents dipped slightly during the period but have been increasing since Table 4. Incident Type Summary, Virginia, Incident Type s 25,906 25,150 22,560 23,203 27,373 Rescue and EMS 451, , , , ,407 Other Calls 206, , , , , , , , , ,537 Aid Given 42,262 44,156 43,167 44,474 47,704 Exposure s Grand 726, , , , ,553 Figure 2. By Type, Virginia, Number of 600, , , , , ,000 0 Rescue and EMS, 556,407 Other Calls, 226,757 s, 27, vi

8 Highlights from 2015 VFIRS Incident Reporting In 2015, fire departments in Virginia responded to 858,553 total incidents including Aid Given and Exposure s for the year, averaging 2,352 calls every day; one incident every 37 seconds. There were 27,373 fires in Virginia for 2015, which accounted for only 3% of the total incidents and resulted in a total dollar loss of more than $242 million. service responded to 556,407 rescue and EMS calls in 2015, which accounted for 69% of the total incidents. 487 or 74.9% of a total of 650 fire departments reported incident to VFIRS for occurred at a rate of incidents for every 1,000 Virginia residents. Structure fires accounted for 47% of fire incidents. Natural vegetation fires made up about 20% and vehicle fires accounted for close to 16% of fire incidents. Aid was given 47,704 times by fire departments to departments in other jurisdictions. There were 312 exposure fires that spread from the original source fire to another building, structure, or vehicle. March was the month with the most incidents at 66,381, while April had the highest number of fires at 2,438. The average response time of fire departments for 2015 was 9.1 minutes. Each fire incident on average had 2 pieces of apparatus and 5 total personnel. service accumulated 3.1 million hours responding to incidents. 22% of structure fires involving enclosed or portable/mobile structures had a detector that operated and alerted the occupants. vii

9 Chapter 1 NFIRS/VFIRS - Introduction National Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) The Virginia Department of Programs (VDFP) manages the reporting of Virginia s incidents to the National Incident Reporting System (NFIRS). NFIRS is the nationwide system for tracking all emergency responses with fire departments across the county. By reporting their incidents to NFIRS, fire departments in the United States document the details of their incidents for legal purposes and also document the overall activities of their fire departments. By reporting their incidents, fire departments get credit for everything that they do in responding to incidents in their area. NFIRS also helps to show the value of a fire department s public service to their community. By convention, some states, including Virginia, use the acronym of the national system, NFIRS, and modify it slightly when referring to their own state s incident data. So, for example, when discussing Virginia s incident data the acronym VFIRS may be used, unfortunately this has led to some confusion. It is important to recognize there is no separate Virginia incident reporting system for tracking fire and emergency response calls. All statespecific data is extracted from the national system. NFIRS is an all-type incident reporting system. departments should be reporting all their emergency responses to NFIRS. All types of calls such as fires, EMS, hazmat, etc. should be reported to reflect all incidents being handled. Participation in NFIRS is essential, since important decisions, such as decisions with grant funding, are made at the fire department, local, state and federal levels using the incident data reported to the system. By analyzing the incident data, information on the frequency of call types, the causes of fires, the amount of loss from fires can easily be identified to help develop appropriate fire prevention plans, to essentially help Fight s with Facts. Reporting Deadlines Timeliness of reporting is critical to ensure the availability of current incident data. departments should be consistently reporting incidents on a monthly basis. All incidents shall be reported (submitted) no later than the 15th of the calendar month for incidents that occurred in the previous month. Quality Control In order to make sure that we have accurate and reliable data, quality control audits are performed at different times during the collection year. Reports are produced for each fire department in Virginia identifying incidents for them to verify and correct as needed. The reports included are (1) Detailed Report of Invalid with Critical Error Messages, (2) High Dollar Loss Incident Report, (3) High Response / Duration Time Incident Report, (4) with No Dollar Loss or Zero Dollar Loss 1-1

10 Report, and (5) Undetermined or Unresolved for Factors Related to the Ignition of the Report. By getting departments to be aware of issues with their data, they will understand the importance of making sure that they have good data. Program Team The NFIRS program for the Commonwealth of Virginia is managed and administered by the following VDFP staff: Rob Magnotti, Information and Statistics Manager, and Bailey Martin, Program Support Technician. Acknowledgements We would like to thank all the fire departments in Virginia for their efforts in reporting their incidents to NFIRS. The program could not be successful without their valuable support and contribution. departments in Virginia truly understand the importance of documenting what they do each day and they value the benefits of reporting their emergency responses. 1-2

11 Chapter 2 VFIRS - The State View service in Virginia has the responsibility to be prepared to respond to many different types of situations and events. fighters respond to all types of fires, but also have to be equipped to handle medical emergencies, rescue operations, hazardous conditions, and severe weather occurrences. service also performs many tasks of providing public service assistance to their local communities. Incident Types In 2015, fire departments responded to 810,537 incidents in Virginia. These incidents included 27,373 fires, 556,407 rescue and EMS incidents, 28,911 hazardous condition calls, 53,385 service calls, 82,094 good intent calls, 56,729 false calls and 5,638 other calls. (See Table 5.) There were 47,704 incidents in which a fire department provided assistance (mutual or automatic aid given) to another jurisdiction. In addition, there were 312 exposure fires (a fire in a building, structure, vehicle, or outside property resulting from a fire outside that building, structure, vehicle or outside property). Table 5. Incident Type Summary, Virginia, 2015 Incident Type Percent s 27, Rescue and EMS 556, Hazardous Condition 28, Service Call 53, Good Intent 82, False Alarm 56, Other Calls 5, , Aid Given 47,704 Exposure s 312 Grand 858,553 Note: 2015 Incident totals reflect those reported to NFIRS as of April 28, incidents accounted for just over 3 percent of the total incidents responded to by fire departments in Virginia for (See Figure 3.) Rescue and emergency medical service incidents made up close to 69 percent of the total responses by fire departments. 2-1

12 Figure 3. Incident Type Summary, Virginia, 2015 Rescue and EMS 69% Hazardous Condition 3% Good Intent 10% Service Call 7% False Alarm 7% s 3% Other Calls 1% 2-2

13 Table 6. Top 25 Incident Types, Virginia, 2015 No. Incident Type Description Percent EMS call, excluding vehicle accident with injury 406, Dispatched & canceled en route 42, Medical assist, assist EMS crew 35, Vehicle accident with injuries 30, Rescue, emergency medical call (EMS) call, other 26, Motor vehicle accident with no injuries 19, Public service 14, Alarm system sounded, no fire - unintentional 13, Emergency medical service, other 10, Assist invalid 9, Good intent call, other 9, Smoke detector activation, no fire - unintentional 8, No incident found at dispatch address 7, False alarm or false call, other 6, Vehicle accident, general cleanup 6, Alarm system sounded due to malfunction 5, Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) 4, Service Call, other 4, Building fires 4, Public service assistance, other 4, Smoke scare, odor of smoke 4, Smoke detector activation due to malfunction 3, Power line down 3, Unintentional transmission of alarm, other 3, Water or steam leak 3,

14 Table 7. Top 10 Incident Types By Incident Series, Virginia, 2015 Incident Series Incident Type Description Overpressure Rupture, Explosion, Overheat (No ) Rescue and Emergency Medical Service (EMS) Hazardous Condition (No ) Percent* 111 Building fires 4, Passenger vehicle fire 2, Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire 2, Cooking fire, confined to container 2, Outside rubbish, trash or waste fire Chimney or flue fire, confined to chimney or flue , other Dumpster or other outside trash receptacle fire Grass fire Natural vegetation fire, other Excessive heat, scorch burns with no ignition 1, Overpressure rupture, explosion, overheat other Explosion (no fire), other Overpressure rupture of air or gas pipe/pipeline works explosion (no fire) Overpressure rupture from air or gas, other Overpressure rupture from steam, other Chemical reaction rupture of process vessel Overpressure rupture of steam pipe or pipeline Air or gas rupture of pressure or process vessel EMS call, excluding vehicle accident with injury 406, Medical assist, assist EMS crew 35, Vehicle accident with injuries 30, Rescue, emergency medical call (EMS) call, other 26, Motor vehicle accident with no injuries 19, Emergency medical service, other 10, Motor vehicle/pedestrian accident (MV Ped) 1, Removal of victim(s) from stalled elevator 1, Rescue or EMS standby 1, Extrication of victim(s) from vehicle Vehicle accident, general cleanup 6, Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) 4, Power line down 3, Arcing, shorted electrical equipment 2, Electrical wiring/equipment problem, other 1, Gasoline or other flammable liquid spill 1, Hazardous condition, other 1, Carbon monoxide incident 1, Aircraft standby Overheated motor

15 Table 7. Top 10 Incident Types By Incident Series, Virginia, 2015 (cont.) Incident Series Incident Type Description Service Call Good Intent Call False Alarm and False Call Severe Weather and Natural Disaster Percent* 553 Public service 14, Assist invalid 9, Service Call, other 4, Public service assistance, other 4, Water or steam leak 3, Lock-out 2, Smoke or odor removal 2, Assist police or other governmental agency 1, Unauthorized burning 1, Cover assignment, standby, moveup 1, Dispatched & canceled en route 42, Good intent call, other 9, No incident found at dispatch address 7, Smoke scare, odor of smoke 4, Hazmat release investigation w/ no hazmat 1, Authorized controlled burning 1, Steam, vapor, fog or dust thought to be smoke Steam, other gas mistaken for smoke, other EMS call, party transported by non-fire agency Wrong location Alarm system sounded, no fire - unintentional 13, Smoke detector activation, no fire - unintentional 8, False alarm or false call, other 6, Alarm system sounded due to malfunction 5, Smoke detector activation due to malfunction 3, Unintentional transmission of alarm, other 3, System malfunction, other 3, Detector activation, no fire - unintentional 2, CO detector activation due to malfunction 1, Sprinkler activation due to malfunction 1, Severe weather or natural disaster, other Wind storm, tornado/hurricane assessment Lightning strike (no fire) Earthquake assessment Flood assessment Severe weather or natural disaster standby * Percent is based on the total number of incidents from each Incident series category and not the total for each Top 10 listing. Note: The category, Severe Weather and Natural Disaster, contains a total of only 6 incident types. 2-5

16 Incident Trends The total numbers of incidents reported by fire departments in Virginia have increased since (See Table 8. and Figure 4.) Between 2011 and 2015 the total number of incidents increased by 126,337. Rescue and EMS calls have increased steadily between 2011 and 2014 but decreased in incidents dipped slightly during the period but have been increasing since Table 8. Incident Type Summary, Virginia, Incident Type s 25,906 25,150 22,560 23,203 27, % 3.4% 3.0% 2.9% 3.4% Rescue and EMS 451, , , , , % 70.0% 70.7% 68.6% Hazardous Condition 32,603 31,087 29,888 26,874 28, % 4.2% 3.9% 3.4% 3.6% Service Call 47,930 46,355 46,653 50,907 53, % 6.2% 6.2% 6.4% 6.6% Good Intent 64,121 73,303 69,496 70,640 82, % 9.8% 9.2% 8.9% 10.1% False Alarm 53,753 52,465 52,588 55,106 56, % 7.0% 6.9% 7.0% 7.0% Other Calls 7,899 7,139 6,001 4,801 5, % 1.0% 0.8% 0.6% 0.7% 684, , , , ,

17 Figure 4. By Type, Virginia, Number of 600, , , , , ,000 0 Rescue and EMS, 556,407 Other Calls, 226,757 s, 27, Incident Rates Overall, in Virginia, there were 96.7 incidents for every 1,000 residents in (See Table 9.) s occurred at a rate of 3.3 per 1,000 residents, while Rescue and EMS calls accounted for a rate of Except for fires,, Rescue and EMS, and Good Intent calls, the rate of incidents were similar to the previous year. (See Figure 5.) Table 9. Incident Rates By Incident Type, Virginia, Incident Type Rate Per 1,000 Residents Rate Per 1,000 Residents s 23, , Rescue and EMS 558, , Hazardous Condition 26, , Service Call 50, , Good Intent 70, , False Alarm 55, , Other Calls 4, , , , Note: The rate calculation for 2014 data is based on the 2010 U.S. Census Population for Virginia (8,001,024). The rate calculation for 2015 data is based on the July 1, 2015 release of Census Population for Virginia (8,382,993). 2-7

18 Figure 5. Incident Rate Comparison By Incident Type, Virginia, Rate Per 1,000 Residents s Rescue and EMS Hazardous Condition Service Call Incident Type Good Intent False Alarm Other Calls The total incident rate per 1,000 Virginia residents has increased from 79.8 in 2007 to 96.7 for The fire incident rate has been on a general downward trend between 2007 and 2013 but is now slowly increasing. (See Table 10. and Figure 6.) Table 10. VFIRS Incident Rate Summary, Virginia, Year Number of s Number of Incident Rate Per 1,000 Residents Incident Rate Per 1,000 Residents , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

19 Figure 6. VFIRS Incident Rates, Virginia, Number of Incidetns Per 1,000 Residents Incident Rate Incident Rate

20 VDFP Divisions departments in Division 5 - Hampton reported the highest amount of incidents in 2015, accounting for 31 percent of the total incidents. (See Table 11. and Table 12.) Division 5 - Hampton also had the highest incident rate per their population. (See Table 12.) Table 11. Incident Type Summary By VDFP Division, Virginia, 2015 Rescue and Hazardous Good False VDFP Division s EMS Condition Service Intent Alarm Other Calls Division 1 - Richmond 5, ,676 6,831 10,715 20,605 10,697 1, ,795 Division 2 - Orange 3,948 62,283 3,356 5,631 11,895 5, ,764 Division 3 - Farmville 2,624 22,077 2,406 2,150 5,038 2, ,969 Division 4 - Chilhowie 1,687 5,665 1, ,394 1, ,036 Division 5 - Hampton 6, ,688 6,938 18,430 17,022 16,830 1, ,740 Division 6 - Roanoke 3,770 56,451 2,770 3,177 6,602 4, ,664 Division 7 - Fairfax 4, ,551 4,826 12,118 18,194 15,368 1, ,495 Division 9 - Statewide 152 4, , ,074 27, ,407 28,911 53,385 82,094 56,729 5, ,537 Note: Division 9 - Statewide includes incidents reported by fire departments classified as Military, Federal or Airport (FIPS 920). Table 12. Incident Rate Summary By VDFP Division, Virginia, 2015 VDFP Division Percent 2015 Census Population Incident Rate Per 1,000 Residents Division 1 - Richmond 161, ,395, Division 2 - Orange 92, , Division 3 - Farmville 36, , Division 4 - Chilhowie 12, , Division 5 - Hampton 249, ,837, Division 6 - Roanoke 77, , Division 7 - Fairfax 172, ,436, Division 9 - Statewide 7, , ,382, Note: Division 9 - Statewide includes incidents reported by fire departments classified as Military, Federal or Airport (FIPS 920). Note: The population figures shown are from the July, 2015 release of the US Census Bureau. 2-10

21 Figure 7. Number of By VDFP Division, Virginia, 2015 Division 4 - Chilhowie, 1.5% Division 3 - Farmville, 4.6% Division 5 - Hampton, 30.8% Division 2 - Orange, 11.4% Division 1 - Richmond, 20.0% Division 6 - Roanoke, 9.6% Division 7 - Fairfax, 21.3% 2-11

22 Casualties Casualties are unfortunate losses that result from incidents and have a great impact on the public resulting in personal loss to families. service equally suffers the loss and additionally results in a reduction of staff providing services. In 2015, according to what was reported in the National Incident System (NFIRS) there were a total of 550 civilian fire casualties (455 injuries and 95 deaths) caused by fire incidents. (See Table 13.) service casualties with all types of incidents totaled 482 casualties (481 injuries and 1 death). (See Table 14.) Table 13. Civilian Casualty Summary, Virginia, 2015 Civilian Casualties (injuries/deaths) Civilian Casualty Rate Per 100,000 Residents Incident Category Civilian Injuries Civilian Deaths Structure Rescue and EMS Mobile Property (Vehicle) , Other Hazardous Conditions (No ) Service Call Overpressure Rupture, Explosion, Overheat Note: The rate calculation for 2015 data is based on the July 1, 2015 release of Census Population for Virginia (8,382,993). 2-12

23 Table 14. Service Casualty Summary, Virginia, 2015 Service Casualties (injuries/deaths) Casualty Rate Per 100,000 Residents Incident Category Service Injuries Service Deaths Rescue and EMS Structure Service Call , Other Hazardous Conditions (No ) Special Incident Type Mobile Property (Vehicle) Good Intent Call False Alarm & False Call 4 Overpressure Rupture, Explosion, Overheat departments reported in 2015 that they responded to 21,012 fire incidents during the year. (See Table 15.) Structure fires (39.5%) made up the largest incident category with fire incidents, while natural vegetation fires accounted for 21.4 percent. (See Figure 8.) Mobile property vehicle fires accounted for nearly 18 percent of the total fires in Table 15. By Category, Virginia, 2015 Incident Category Percent Structure 8, Natural Vegetation 4, Mobile Property (Vehicle) 3, Outside Rubbish 2, Special Outside Mobile Property Used as Fixed Cultivated Vegetation, Crop Other ,

24 Figure 8. by Category, Virginia, 2015 Natural Vegetation 21% Structure 39% Mobile Property (Vehicle) 18% Outside Rubbish 12% Special Outside 4% Other 4% Mobile Property Used as Fixed 1% Cultivated Vegetation, Crop 1% 2-14

25 Figure 9. By Category, Virginia, Percent of Structure Natural Vegetation Mobile Property (Vehicle) Outside Rubbish Special Outside Mobile Property Used as Fixed Cultivated Vegetation, Crop Other 2-15

26 Aid Given or Received departments can give/receive aid to/from other fire departments in their area for incident calls that require additional resources. The aid given can be either mutual (fire departments request need for assistance) or automatic (pre-arranged agreement to aid). Figure 10. Aid Given or Received, Virginia, 2015 Mutual Aid Given 5.7% Mutual Aid Received 3.2% Other Aid Given 0.2% Mutual Aid None 90.9% Ninety-one percent (90.9%) of the incidents responded to by fire service in Virginia were incidents that did not involve mutual or automatic aid given or received. (See Figure 10.) The departments did not receive any aid from other fire departments or did not give aid to other fire departments. departments in Virginia gave mutual / automatic aid about 6 percent of the time. 2-16

27 Table 16. Aid Given or Received Summary, Virginia, 2015 Aid Received (Automatic or Mutual) Aid Given (Automatic or Mutual) Other Aid Given/Unknown No Aid Given or Received Incident Series Percent Percent Percent Percent Rescue and EMS 13, , , s 3, , , Good Intent 3, , , False Alarm 2, , , Hazardous Condition 1, , , Service Call , , Other Calls , , , , ,

28 Date/Time of Incident s occurred most frequently in the month of April (2,438 incidents), and March was the month with the most total incidents overall. (See Table 17.) Saturday was the day of the week with the most fires, accounting for 3,307 incidents. (See Table 18.) For total calls Monday had the most with 111,720 reported incidents. The least occurred during the 4:00 a.m. hour of the day in Virginia. (See Table 19. and Figure 14.) occurred most frequently during the 5:00 p.m. hour of the day. Figure 11. By Month, By Incident Type, Virginia, ,000 50,000 45,000 Number of 40,000 35,000 30,000 25,000 20,000 15,000 10,000 5,000 Rescue and EMS Other Calls 0 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Month 2-18

29 Table 17. Number of By Month By Incident Series, Virginia, Alarm Month Rescue and EMS False Alarm Other Calls January 66,013 47,023 4,628 1,819 12,543 February 66,241 42,482 6,029 2,179 15,551 March 66,381 47,271 4,222 2,250 12,638 April 62,851 44,479 4,053 2,438 11,881 May 66,096 47,386 4,052 2,015 12,643 June 65,357 44,998 4,910 1,480 13,969 July 63,032 43,969 4,658 1,483 12,922 August 61,274 43,511 4,274 1,656 11,833 September 63,447 44,933 4,449 1,462 12,603 October 63,873 44,228 4,901 1,462 13,282 November 58,224 41,481 4,133 1,536 11,074 December 61,371 44,249 4,233 1,224 11, , ,010 54,542 21, ,604 Max 66,381 47,386 6,029 2,438 15,551 Min 58,224 41,481 4,052 1,224 11,074

30 Table 18. Number of By Day of Week By Incident Series, Virginia, 2015 Alarm Day Rescue and EMS False Alarm Other Calls Sunday 103,455 72,414 7,300 3,277 20,464 Monday 111,720 78,937 8,036 3,080 21,667 Tuesday 109,623 77,383 7,816 2,729 21,695 Wednesday 108,891 76,526 7,869 2,937 21,559 Thursday 110,928 78,159 8,067 2,872 21,830 Friday 111,541 78,111 7,989 2,853 22,588 Saturday 108,376 74,597 7,525 3,307 22, , ,127 54,602 21, ,750 Max 111,720 78,937 8,067 3,307 22,947 Min 103,455 72,414 7,300 2,729 20,464 Note: Mutual/automatic aid given incidents are not included with the above figures. 2-20

31 Table 19. Number of By Hour of Day By Incident Series, Virginia, Alarm Hour Rescue and EMS False Alarm Other Calls 12:00 am 20,322 14,581 1, ,824 1:00 am 17,761 12,840 1, ,128 2:00 am 15,710 11,461 1, ,704 3:00 am 14,018 10,317 1, ,232 4:00 am 13,438 9,916 1, ,165 5:00 am 14,810 10,749 1, ,543 6:00 am 18,935 13,493 1, ,516 7:00 am 25,822 18,636 1, ,803 8:00 am 33,789 23,906 2, ,737 9:00 am 39,216 28,090 2, ,508 10:00 am 42,355 30,212 3, ,177 11:00 am 43,648 31,326 3, ,270 12:00 pm 43,596 30,940 3,047 1,191 8,418 1:00 pm 43,783 30,392 3,053 1,390 8,948 2:00 pm 43,667 30,552 2,939 1,495 8,681 3:00 pm 43,633 30,109 2,941 1,546 9,037 4:00 pm 43,103 29,691 2,849 1,598 8,965 5:00 pm 44,146 29,869 3,062 1,607 9,608 6:00 pm 41,841 28,120 3,035 1,485 9,201 7:00 pm 39,265 26,483 2,875 1,303 8,604 8:00 pm 36,728 25,046 2,467 1,151 8,064 9:00 pm 32,611 22,611 2, ,949 10:00 pm 28,573 19,917 1, ,983 11:00 pm 23,764 16,870 1, , , ,127 54,602 21, ,750 Max 44,146 31,326 3,194 1,607 9,608 Min 13,438 9,916 1, ,165 Note: Mutual/automatic aid given incidents are not included with the above figures.

32 Figure 12. By Month, ,000 Number of 66,000 64,000 62,000 60,000 58,000 56,000 54,000 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Figure 13. By Month, ,500 Number of 2,000 1,500 1, Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec 2-22

33 Figure 14. By Hour of Day, ,000 40,000 Number of 35,000 30,000 25,000 20,000 15,000 10,000 5, am 1 am 2 am 3 am 4 am 5 am 6 am 7 am 8 am 9 am 10 am 11 am 12 pm 1 pm 2 pm 3 pm 4 pm 5 pm 6 pm 7 pm 8 pm 9 pm 10 pm 11 pm 2-23

34 Actions Taken department personnel have to perform multiple duties at an incident scene. Fifty-one percent (51.4%) of all actions taken at an incident involved EMS and Transport duties. (See Table 20.) Activities concerning Information, Investigation, and Enforcement accounted for nearly 16% of the actions taken. Table 20. Actions Taken Series with Reported, Virginia, 2015 Actions Taken Percent EMS and Transport 693, Information, Investicgation, and Enforcement 213, Fill-in, Standby 184, Assistance 145, Control or Extinguishment 38, s, Rescues, and Hazardous Conditions 32, Systems and Services 17, Hazardous Condition 15, Search and Rescue 8, ,349, Note: Numbers include all reported Actions Taken (Primary, and Additional) for an incident. does not reflect the amount of incidents, since incidents can have more than one Actions Taken. Figure 15. Actions Taken Series with Reported, Virginia, 2015 Search and Rescue Hazardous Condition Systems and Services Actions Taken s, Rescues, and Hazardous Conditions Control or Extinguishment Assistance Fill-in, Standby Information, Investicgation, and Enforcement EMS and Transport 0 100, , , , , , ,000 Number of 2-24

35 Table 21. Top 10 Actions Taken By Incident Series, Virginia, 2015 Incident Series Actions Taken Description Overpressure Rupture, Explosion, Overheat (No ) Rescue and Emergency Medical Service (EMS) Hazardous Condition (No ) Service Call Percent* 11 Extinguish 13, Investigate 6, Incident command 4, Salvage & overhaul 4, Cancelled enroute 2, Ventilate 2, , other 2, Provide manpower 2, Investigate fire out on arrival 1, Standby 1, Investigate 1, Incident command Ventilate Cancelled enroute Standby Remove hazard Information, investigation & enforcement, other Provide manpower Investigate fire out on arrival Shut down system Provide basic life support (BLS) 219, Transport person 202, Provide advanced life support (ALS) 164, Emergency medical services, other 60, Provide manpower 57, Incident command 32, Standby 32, Action taken, other 31, Provide first aid & check for injuries 29, Cancelled enroute 24, Investigate 15, Incident command 4, Remove hazard 2, Control traffic 2, Cancelled enroute 2, Standby 2, Action taken, other 1, Provide manpower 1, Refer to proper authority 1, Establish safe area 1, Investigate 12, Assist physically disabled 11, Provide manpower 7, Assistance, other 7, Action taken, other 4, Incident command 3, Standby 2, Cancelled enroute 2, Provide equipment 1, Shut down system 1,

36 Table 21. Top 10 Actions By Incident Series, Virginia, 2015 (cont.) Incident Series Actions Taken Description Good Intent Call False Alarm and False Call Severe Weather and Natural Disaster Special Incident Type Percent* 93 Cancelled enroute 45, Investigate 20, Action taken, other 4, Incident command 3, Standby 2, Provide manpower 1, Operate apparatus or vehicle 1, Assistance, other 1, Emergency medical services, other Information, investigation & enforcement, other Investigate 45, Cancelled enroute 7, Incident command 7, Restore fire alarm system 6, Action taken, other 4, Standby 2, Information, investigation & enforcement, other 2, Operate apparatus or vehicle 1, Provide manpower 1, Shut down system 1, Investigate Remove hazard Provide manpower Assess severe weather or natural disaster damage Incident command Provide equipment Control traffic Provide apparatus Cancelled enroute Action taken, other Action taken, other 1, Investigate Provide manpower Provide advanced life support (ALS) Assistance, other Cancelled enroute Information, investigation & enforcement, other Enforce code Provide apparatus Provide basic life support (BLS) * Percent is based on the total number of incidents from each Incident Series category and not the total for each Top 10 listing. 2-26

37 Resources service resources that respond to an incident consist of apparatus and personnel and can be classified as suppression, EMS, or other. The average number of apparatus that responded to an incident was 2.0. (See Table 22.) s required the largest number of apparatus for an incident and accounted for an average (mean) of 5.3 total apparatus per incident. Fifty-one percent (51%) of all reported incidents in 2015 required only one piece of apparatus to respond to the incident. Two pieces of apparatus were needed with 31% of the total incidents. (See Figure 16.) Table 22. Average Apparatus that Responded to an Incident By Incident Series, Virginia, 2015 Incident Series Suppression Apparatus EMS Apparatus Other Apparatus Apparatus s Rescue and EMS Hazardous Condition False Alarm Good Intent Service Call Other Calls Figure 16. Percentage of Apparatus Responding to an Incident, Virginia, Pieces, 31% 3 Pieces, 8% Once Piece of Apparatus, 52% 4 or More, 6% Unknown or Not Reported, 3% 2-27

38 The average total personnel that responded to an incident scene was 4.6. (See Table 23.) incidents required the largest amount of personnel for an incident with an average of 9.1 total personnel per incident. About fifty-five percent (54.9%) of all incidents needed 1 to 4 fire service personnel to respond to the emergency. Table 23. Average Personnel that Responded to an Incident By Incident Series, Virginia, 2015 Incident Series Suppression Personnel EMS Personnel Other Personnel Personnel s False Alarm Hazardous Condition Rescue and EMS Good Intent Service Call Other Calls Figure 17. Personnel that Responded to an Incident, Virginia, 2015 Unknown or Not Reported 8 or More Only 1 Person 0 50, , , ,

39 Hours Committed The total hours committed represents the total amount of time needed to handle and control an incident. hours committed for an incident is calculated by multiplying the total number of personnel by the duration time of the incident (Difference between the last unit cleared date/time and the alarm date/time). service in Virginia accumulated a total of 3,112,968 (3.1 million) hours responding to incidents in (See Table 24.) calls had the largest average total hours committed in 2015 with 12.4 hours. (See Figure 18.) Table 24. Hours Committed Summary, Virginia, 2015 Incident Series Number of Average Personnel Hours Committed Average Hours Committed Rescue and EMS 529, ,001, Good Intent 67, , False Alarm 53, , Service Call 51, , Hazardous Condition 26, , s 19, , Other Calls 5, , , ,112, Note: The above figures include only valid incidents. Figure 18. Average Hours Committed by Incident Type, Virginia, Average Hours Committed Rescue and EMS Hazardous Condition s False Alarm Other Calls Good Intent Service Call 2-29

40 Property Use service incidents occurred at many different types of establishments and locations in Virginia in Each location of an incident had a specific property use. Fifty-five percent (55.2%) of incidents that fire service responded to occurred with residential property use establishments. (See Table 25.) Seventeen percent (17.4%) of incidents occurred at a location outside or with special property use. Table 25. Property Use Series with Reported, Virginia, 2015 Property Series Percent Assembly ( ) 33, Educational ( ) 14, Health Care, Detention, and Correction ( ) 64, Residential ( ) 448, Mercantile, Business ( ) 40, Industrial, Utility, Defense, Agriculture, Mining ( ) 3, Manufacturing, Processing (700) 2, Storage ( ) 11, Outside or Special Property ( ) 141, Other (000) 4, None or Undetermined 47, , Note: 2015 Incident totals reflect those reported to NFIRS as of May 24, Figure 19. Property Use Series with Reported, Virginia, 2015 Manufacturing, Processing Industrial, Utility, Defense, Agriculture, Mining Other Storage Educational Assembly Mercantile, Business None or Undetermined Health Care, Detention, and Correction Outside or Special Property Residential 0 50, , , , , , , , ,

41 Seventy-six percent (75.9%) of all incidents with residential property use were Rescue and EMS calls. (See Table 26. and Figure 20.) Table 26. Residential Property Use Series By Incident Series, Virginia, 2015 Property Series Percent s 11, Rescue and EMS 333, Hazardous Condition 9, Service 34, Good Intent 24, False Alarm 32, Other Calls 2, , Figure 20. Residential Property Use Series By Incident Series, Virginia, 2015 Rescue and EMS, 74.5% Service, 7.6% s, 2.5% Other Calls, 0.5% False Alarm, 7.2% Good Intent, 5.6% Hazardous Condition, 2.1% 2-31

42 Table 27. Top 10 Property Use By Incident Series, Virginia, 2015 Incident Series Property Use Description Percent* or 2-family dwelling 8, Multifamily dwelling 2, Open land or field 1, Highway or divided highway 1, Vehicle parking area 1, Residential street, road, or residential driveway 1, Outside or special property, other Graded and cared-for plots of land Residential, other Street, other Overpressure or 2-family dwelling Rupture, 429 Multifamily dwelling Highway or divided highway Explosion, 962 Residential street, road, or residential driveway Overheat (No 965 Vehicle parking area ) hour care Nursing homes, 4 or more persons Street or road in commercial area Hotel/motel, commercial Dormitory-type residence Business office Rescue and or 2-family dwelling 226, Emergency 429 Multifamily dwelling 67, hour care Nursing homes, 4 or more persons 32, Medical 961 Highway or divided highway 27, Service (EMS) 400 Residential, other 24, Street, other 17, Residential street, road, or residential driveway 16, Street or road in commercial area 13, Clinics, doctors offices, hemodialysis centers, oth 11, Vehicle parking area 9, Hazardous or 2-family dwelling 6, Condition (No 962 Residential street, road, or residential driveway 4, Highway or divided highway 4, ) 429 Multifamily dwelling 2, Street or road in commercial area 1, Street, other 1, Vehicle parking area Open land or field Service station, gas station NNN None Service Call or 2-family dwelling 24, Multifamily dwelling 8, station 3, Residential street, road, or residential driveway 2, Vehicle parking area 1, Highway or divided highway 1, Street, other 1, Residential, other Street or road in commercial area Open land or field

43 Table 27. Top 10 Property Use By Incident Series, Virginia, 2015 (cont.) Incident Series Property Use Description Percent* Good Intent Call False Alarm and False Call Severe Weather and Natural Disaster Special Incident Type or 2-family dwelling 17, Highway or divided highway 5, Multifamily dwelling 5, NNN None 3, Residential street, road, or residential driveway 3, UUU Undetermined 3, Street, other 2, Street or road in commercial area 1, Vehicle parking area 1, hour care Nursing homes, 4 or more persons 1, or 2-family dwelling 17, Multifamily dwelling 8, Business office 3, Hotel/Motel, commercial 2, hour care Nursing homes, 4 or more persons 1, Dormitory-type residence, o 1, Mercantile, business, other 1, Church, mosque 1, High school, junior high, middle school 1, Manufacturing, processing 1, Residential street, road, or residential driveway or 2-family dwelling Highway or divided highway Street, other Multifamily dwelling NNN None Street or road in commercial area Open land or field Outside or special property, other Residential, other Property use, other or 2-family dwelling Highway or divided highway station Residential street, road, or residential driveway Multifamily dwelling NNN None Public or government Street, other Vehicle parking area * Percent is based on the total number of incidents from each Incident Series category and not the total for each Top 10 listing. 2-33

44 Automatic Extinguishing System (AES) Eighty-three percent (82.6%) of structure fires reported that an automatic extinguishing system was not present and that the total fire dollar loss was nearly $162 million. (See Table 28.) Table 28. Structure s Dollar Loss Summary By Automatic Extinguishing System (AES) Presence By Property Use, Virginia, AES Present AES Partial System None Present Undetermined Grand Dollar Property Series Percent Dollar Loss Percent Loss Percent Dollar Loss Percent Dollar Loss Percent Dollar Loss Assembly $1,514, $42, $2,201, $245, $4,003,684 Educational $333, $13, $660, $ $1,007,008 Health Care, Detention, and Correcti on $187, $5, $264, $2, $459,475 Residential $8,594, $143,000 3, $135,983, $14,940,064 4, $159,661,556 Mercantile, Busine $6,170, $9, $8,868, $674, $15,722,766 Industrial, Utility, Defense, Agriculture, Mining $131, $ $1,625, $1, $1,758,563 Manufacturing, Processing $2,259, $75, $491, $2,030, $4,856,100 Stora ge $28, $ $9,999, $1,749, $11,776,358 Outside or Special Property $31, $ $1,523, $10, $1,565,120 Other $ $ $127, $1, $128,900 None $ $ $9, $ $9,002 Undetermined $ $ $ $1, $1,650 Grand $19,252, $288,175 4, $161,754, $19,654,606 5, $200,950,182

45 Intentional / Incendiary There were 919 intentional or incendiary fires in Virginia in 2015 that accounted for $7.1 million dollars of total dollar loss, 20 civilian casualties, and 8 fire service casualties. (See Table 29.) ` Table 29. Intentional / Incendiary By Property Use, Virginia, Intentional/ Incendiary Property Contents Dollar Civilian Civilian Service Service Property Series Percent Loss Loss Loss Injuries Deaths Injuries Deaths Assembly $95,500 $12,001 $107, Educational $22,001 $2,001 $24, Correction $10,000 $2,000 $12, Residential $6,030,580 $1,189,590 $7,220, Mercantile, Business $18,500 $11,333 $29, Industrial, Utility, Defense, Agriculture, Mining $10 $10 $ Manufacturing, Processing $5,000 $0 $5, Storage $139,900 $90,751 $230, Outside or Special Property $772,969 $64,200 $837, Other $1 $0 $ None $3,500 $200 $3, Unknown or Not Reported $0 $0 $ $7,097,961 $1,372,086 $8,470, NOTE: Intentional / Incendiary fire incidents include all fire incidents except incident types and and are coded as either an intentional fire (Cause of Ignition=1) on the fire module or an incendiary fire (Wildland Cause=7) on the Wildland module. Aid given (mutual or automatic) incidents were excluded and exposure incidents were included with the numbers.

46 Table 30. Incident Type Summary By Incident Series/Category, Virginia, 2015 Incident Series / Category Incident Type Description Percent s Structure fire 111 Building fires 7, s in structures other than in a building Cooking fire, confined to container 2, Chimney or flue fire, confined to chimney or flue 1, Incinerator overload or malfunction, fire confined Fuel burner/boiler malfunction, fire confined Commercial Compactor fire, confined to rubbish Trash or rubbish fire, contained Structure fire 12, in mobile 121 in mobile home used as fixed residence property used as a 122 in motor home, camper, recreational vehicle fixed structure 123 in portable building, fixed location in mobile prop. used as a fixed struc., other in mobile property used as a fixed structure Mobile property 131 Passenger vehicle fire 3, (vehicle) fire 132 Road freight or transport vehicle fire Rail vehicle fire Water vehicle fire Aircraft fire Self-propelled motor home or recreational vehicle Camper or recreational vehicle (RV) fire Off-road vehicle or heavy equipment fire Mobile property (vehicle) fire, other Mobile property (vehicle) fire 4, Natural vegetation 141 Forest, woods or wildland fire fire 142 Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire 3, Grass fire Natural vegetation fire, other Natural vegetation fire 5, Outside rubbish fire 151 Outside rubbish, trash or waste fire 1, Garbage dump or sanitary landfill fire Construction or demolition landfill fire Dumpster or other outside trash receptacle fire Outside stationary compactor/compacted trash fire Outside rubbish fire, other Outside rubbish fire 2, Special outside fire 161 Outside storage fire Outside equipment fire Outside gas or vapor combustion explosion Outside mailbox fire Special outside fire, other Special outside fire Cultivated vegetation, crop fire 171 Cultivated grain or crop fire Cultivated trees or nursery stock fire Cultivated vegetation, crop fire, other Cultivated vegetation, crop fire , other 100, other 1, , other 1, s 27,

47 Table 30. Incident Type Summary By Incident Series/Category, Virginia, 2015 (cont.) Incident Series / Category Incident Type Description Percent Overpressure Rupture, Explosion, Overheat (No ) Overpressure rupture 211 Overpressure rupture of steam pipe or pipeline from steam (no 212 Overpressure rupture of steam boiler ensuing fire) 213 Steam rupture of pressure or process vessel Overpressure rupture from steam, other Overpressure rupture from steam (no ensuing fire) Overpressure rupture from air or gas (no ensuing fire) 221 Overpressure rupture of air or gas pipe/pipeline Overpressure rupture of boiler from air or gas Air or gas rupture of pressure or process vessel Overpressure rupture from air or gas, other Overpressure rupture from air or gas (no ensuing fire) Overpressure rupture 231 Chemical reaction rupture of process vessel Overpressure rupture from chemical reaction (no ensuing fire) Explosion (no fire) 241 Munitions or bomb explosion (no fire) Blasting agent explosion (no fire) works explosion (no fire) Dust explosion (no fire) Explosion (no fire), other Explosion (no fire) Excessive heat, 251 Excessive heat, scorch burns with no ignition 1, Excessive heat, scorch burns with no ignition 1, Overpressure rupture, 200 Overpressure rupture, explosion, overheat other Overpressure rupture, explosion, overheat, other Overpressure Rupture, Explosion, Overheat (No ) 1, Rescue and Emergency Medical Service (EMS) Medical assist 311 Medical assist, assist EMS crew 37, Medical assist 37, Emergency medical service incident 321 EMS call, excluding vehicle accident with injury 418, Vehicle accident with injuries 33, Motor vehicle/pedestrian accident (MV Ped) 1, Motor vehicle accident with no injuries 20, Emergency medical service, other 12, Emergency medical service incident 485, Lock-In 331 Lock-in (if lock out, use 511 ) Lock-In Search for lost person 341 Search for person on land Search for person in water Search for person underground Search, other Search for lost person Extrication, rescue 351 Extrication of victim(s) from building/structure Extrication of victim(s) from vehicle Removal of victim(s) from stalled elevator 1, Trench/below grade rescue Confined space rescue High angle rescue Extrication of victim(s) from machinery Extrication, rescue, other Extrication, rescue 2,

48 Table 30. Incident Type Summary By Incident Series/Category, Virginia, 2015 (cont.) Incident Series / Category Water and ice-related rescue Incident Type Description Percent 361 Swimming/recreational water areas rescue Ice rescue Swift water rescue Surf rescue Watercraft rescue Water & ice related rescue, other Water and ice-related rescue Electrical rescue 371 Electrocution or potential electrocution Trapped by power lines Electrical rescue, other Electrical rescue Rescue or EMS 381 Rescue or EMS standby 1, Rescue or EMS standby 1, Rescue, emergency 300 Rescue, emergency medical call (EMS) call, other 27, Rescue, emergency medical service (EMS) incident, other 27, Rescue and Emergency Medical Service (EMS) 556, Hazardous Condition (No ) Combustible/Flamma 411 Gasoline or other flammable liquid spill 1, ble spills and leaks 412 Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) 5, Oil or other combustible liquid spill Flammable gas or liquid condition, other Combustible/Flammable spills and leaks 7, Chemical release, 421 Chemical hazard (no spill or leak) reaction, or toxic 422 Chemical spill or leak condition 423 Refrigeration leak Carbon monoxide incident 1, Toxic condition, other Chemical release, reaction, or toxic condition 1, Radioactive condition 431 Radiation leak, radioactive material Radioactive condition, other Radioactive condition Electrical wiring/equipment problem 441 Heat from short circuit (wiring), defective/worn Overheated motor Light ballast breakdown Power line down 3, Arcing, shorted electrical equipment 2, Electrical wiring/equipment problem, other 2, Electrical wiring/equipment problem 9, Biological hazard 451 Biological hazard, confirmed or suspected Biological hazard Accident, potential accident 461 Building or structure weakened or collapsed Aircraft standby Vehicle accident, general cleanup 6, Accident, potential accident, other Accident, potential accident 8, Explosive, bomb 471 Explosive, bomb removal (for bomb scare, use 721) Explosive, bomb removal Attempted burning, 481 Attempt to burn illegal action 482 Threat to burn Attempted burning, illegal action, other Attempted burning, illegal action

49 Table 30. Incident Type Summary By Incident Series/Category, Virginia, 2015 (cont.) Incident Series / Category Incident Type Description Percent Hazardous condition, 400 Hazardous condition, other 1, Hazardous condition, other 1, Hazardous Condition (No ) 28, Service Call Person in distress 511 Lock-out 2, Ring or jewelry removal Person in distress, other 1, Person in distress 4, Water problem 521 Water evacuation Water or steam leak 3, Water problem, other 1, Water problem 4, Smoke, odor problem 531 Smoke or odor removal 2, Smoke, odor problem 2, Animal problem or 541 Animal problem rescue 542 Animal rescue Animal problem, other Animal problem or rescue Public service assistance 551 Assist police or other governmental agency 2, Police matter 1, Public service 14, Assist invalid 9, Defective elevator, no occupants Public service assistance, other 4, Public service assistance 32, Unauthorized burning 561 Unauthorized burning 1, Unauthorized burning 1, Cover assignment, 571 Cover assignment, standby, moveup 2, Cover assignment, standby at fire station, move-up 2, Service call, other 500 Service Call, other 4, Service call, other 4, Service Call 53, Good Intent Call Dispatched and 611 Dispatched & canceled en route 55, Dispatched and canceled en route 55, Wrong location, no 621 Wrong location emergency found 622 No incident found at dispatch address 7, Wrong location, no emergency found 7, Controlled burning 631 Authorized controlled burning 1, Prescribed fire Controlled burning 1, Vicinity alarm 641 Vicinity alarm (incident in other location) Vicinity alarm Steam, other gas mistaken for smoke 651 Smoke scare, odor of smoke 4, Steam, vapor, fog or dust thought to be smoke Barbecue, tar kettle Steam, other gas mistaken for smoke, other Steam, other gas mistaken for smoke 5, EMS call where party 661 EMS call, party transported by non-fire agency EMS call where party has been transported

50 Table 30. Incident Type Summary By Incident Series/Category, Virginia, 2015 (cont.) Incident Series / Category Incident Type Description Percent HazMat release 671 Hazmat release investigation w/ no hazmat 1, investigation w/no 672 Biological hazard, none found HazMat release investigation w/no HazMat found 1, Good intent call, 600 Good intent call, other 10, Good intent call, other 10, Good Intent Call 82, False Alarm and False Call Malicious, mischievous false alarm 711 Municipal alarm system, malicious false alarm Direct tie to FD, malicious/false alarm Telephone, malicious false alarm Central station, malicious false alarm Local alarm system, malicious false alarm Malicious, mischievous false call, other Malicious, mischievous false alarm 1, Bomb scare 721 Bomb scare - no bomb Bomb scare System or detector 731 Sprinkler activation due to malfunction 1, malfunction 732 Extinguishing system activation due to malfunction Smoke detector activation due to malfunction 3, Heat detector activation due to malfunction Alarm system sounded due to malfunction 5, CO detector activation due to malfunction 1, System malfunction, other 3, System or detector malfunction 16, Unintentional system or detector operation (no fire) 741 Sprinkler activation, no fire - unintentional 1, Extinguishing system activation Smoke detector activation, no fire - unintentional 8, Detector activation, no fire - unintentional 2, Alarm system sounded, no fire - unintentional 14, Carbon monoxide detector activation, no CO Unintentional transmission of alarm, other 3, Unintentional system or detector operation (no fire) 31, Biohazard scare 751 Biological hazard, malicious false report Biohazard scare False alarm and false 700 False alarm or false call, other 7, False alarm and false call, other 7, False Alarm and False Call 56,

51 Table 30. Incident Type Summary By Incident Series/Category, Virginia, 2015 (cont.) Incident Series / Category Incident Type Description Percent Severe Weather and Natural Disaster Severe Weather and 811 Earthquake assessment Natural Disaster 812 Flood assessment Wind storm, tornado/hurricane assessment Lightning strike (no fire) Severe weather or natural disaster standby Severe Weather and Natural Disaster Severe weather or natural disaster, other 800 Severe weather or natural disaster, other Severe weather or natural disaster, other Severe Weather and Natural Disaster Special Incident Type Citizen complaint 911 Citizen complaint Citizen complaint Special type of 900 Special type of incident, other 2, Special type of incident, other 2, Special Incident Type 3, Undetermined or Not Reported Undetermined or Not Undetermined, Invalid or Blank Incident Type 1, Undetermined or Not Reported 1, Grand 812, Note: 2015 Incident totals reflect those reported to NFIRS as of May 24,

52 Data Notice and VDFP Departments Note: Data is compiled from information reported to the Virginia Incident Reporting System (VFIRS) for 2015 as of May 24, Unless otherwise noted, for all frequency or incident counts, mutual/automatic aid given and fire exposure incidents were excluded from the numbers. For casualty statistical information, mutual/automatic aid given incidents were included for all fire service and excluded for all civilian data, and fire exposure incidents were included with all casualty numbers. For dollar loss amounts, mutual/automatic aid given incidents were excluded and exposure incidents were included with the numbers. Percentages may not add to totals due to rounding. The Virginia Department of Programs has seven division offices covering different areas of Virginia. Division 1 - Richmond includes the counties of Amelia, Caroline, Charles City, Chesterfield, Dinwiddie, Essex, Goochland, Hanover, Henrico, King and Queen, King George, King William, Lancaster, Louisa, New Kent, Northumberland, Nottoway, Powhatan, Prince George, Richmond, and Westmoreland; and the cities of Colonial Heights, Hopewell, Petersburg, and Richmond. Division 2 - Orange includes the counties of Clarke, Culpeper, Fauquier, Frederick, Madison, Orange, Page, Rappahannock, Rockingham, Shenandoah, Spotsylvania, Stafford, and Warren; and the cities of Fredericksburg, Harrisonburg, and Winchester. Division 3 - Farmville includes the counties of Albemarle, Amherst, Appomattox, Augusta, Buckingham, Campbell, Charlotte, Cumberland, Fluvanna, Greene, Halifax, Lunenburg, Mecklenburg, Nelson, and Prince Edward; and the cities of Charlottesville, Lynchburg, Staunton, and Waynesboro. Division 4 - Chilhowie includes the counties of Bland, Buchanan, Carroll, Dickenson, Giles, Grayson, Lee, Pulaski, Russell, Scott, Smyth, Tazewell, Washington, Wise, and Wythe; and the cities of Bristol, Galax, Norton, and Radford. Division 5 - Hampton includes the counties of Accomack, Brunswick, Gloucester, Greensville, Isle of Wight, James City, Mathews, Middlesex, Northampton, Southampton, Surry, Sussex, and York; and the cities of Chesapeake, Emporia, Franklin, Hampton, Newport News, Norfolk, Poquoson, Portsmouth, Suffolk, Virginia Beach and Williamsburg. Division 6 - Roanoke includes the counties of Alleghany, Bath, Bedford, Botetourt, Craig, Floyd, Franklin, Henry, Highland, Montgomery, Patrick, Pittsylvania, Roanoke, and Rockbridge; and the cities of Buena Vista, Covington, Danville, Lexington, Martinsville, Roanoke, and Salem. Division 7- Fairfax includes the counties of Arlington, Fairfax, Loudoun, Prince William; and the cities of Alexandria, Fairfax, Falls Church, Manassas, and Manassas Park. 2-42

53 Chapter 3 VFIRS - The Locality View 3-1

54 Table 31. VFIRS Participation By Locality, Virginia, 2015 FIPS County/City VFIRS Participating Stations Number of Stations Percent of Stations Reporting 001 Accomack County Albemarle County Alleghany County Amelia County Amherst County Appomattox County Arlington County Augusta County Bath County Bedford County Bland County Botetourt County Brunswick County Buchanan County Buckingham County Campbell County Caroline County Carroll County Charles City County Charlotte County Chesterfield County Clarke County Craig County Culpeper County Cumberland County Dickenson County Dinwiddie County Essex County Fairfax County Fauquier County Floyd County Fluvanna County Franklin County Frederick County Giles County Gloucester County Goochland County Grayson County Greene County Greensville County * Halifax County Hanover County Henrico County Henry County Highland County Isle of Wight County James City County King and Queen County King George County

55 Table 31. VFIRS Participation By Locality, Virginia, 2015 (cont.) VFIRS Participating Number of Percent of Stations FIPS County/City Stations Stations Reporting 101 King William County Lancaster County Lee County Loudoun County Louisa County Lunenburg County Madison County Mathews County Mecklenburg County Middlesex County Montgomery County Nelson County New Kent County Northampton County Northumberland County Nottoway County Orange County Page County Patrick County Pittsylvania County Powhatan County Prince Edward County Prince George County Prince William County Pulaski County Rappahannock County Richmond County Roanoke County Rockbridge County Rockingham County Russell County Scott County Shenandoah County Smyth County Southampton County Spotsylvania County Stafford County Surry County Sussex County Tazewell County Warren County Washington County Westmoreland County Wise County Wythe County York County Alexandria

56 Table 31. VFIRS Participation By Locality, Virginia, 2015 (cont.) VFIRS Participating Number of Percent of Stations FIPS County/City Stations Stations Reporting 520 Bristol Buena Vista Charlottesville Chesapeake Colonial Heights Covington Danville Emporia Fairfax City Falls Church ** Franklin City Fredericksburg Galax Hampton Harrisonburg Hopewell Lexington Lynchburg Manassas Manassas Park Martinsville Newport News Norfolk Norton Petersburg Poquoson Portsmouth Radford Richmond Roanoke Salem Staunton Suffolk Virginia Beach Waynesboro Williamsburg Winchester Military, Federal or Airport Grand Note: Data is compiled from the USFA fire department census, the National Incident Reporting System (NFIRS), and the Virginia Department of Programs for 2015 as of May 24, * Greensville County does not currently have fire service in their locality. Emergency response for their area is handled by Jarrett Vol. Dept. (FDID 18301) and Emporia Dept. (FDID 59500). ** The City of Falls Church (FIPS 610) currently participates in VFIRS, but due to contractual arrangements with Arlington County (FIPS 013), their statistical information cannot be tabulated and, therefore, is combined with the incidents from Arlington County. 3-4

57 Map - VFIRS Participation By Locality, % Reporting 3-5 0% Reporting NOTE: The above map indicates the relative participation in the National Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) by each city and county in Virginia. The darker shaded areas indicate greater participation.