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Fire Chiefs,

July is most commonly associated with Independence Day, summer vacations, and

spending time outdoors. In the fire service, it’s all about July 4th, in relation to fire

prevention and fireworks safety. As such, this monthly report contains a “Spotlight

Data” page dedicated to July 4th fire incidents and related trends.

We’ve also added a new section that details significant fires for the month. These

fires incurred more than $100,000 in estimated property and contents loss.

We’ve received a good bit of feedback on this report, and encourage more as we

continually improve the format to better serve your needs.

Thank you for your continued participation,

SCFIRS TeamCommunity Risk ReductionDivision of Fire and Life SafetySCFIRS@llr.sc.govTwitter: @SCFIRS

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16,171

REPORTED INCIDENTS

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Assist

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56.84%

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Top Ten Call TypesEMS call, excluding vehicle

accident with injury

Medical assist, assist EMS crew

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injuries

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Rank Department TypeIncidentCount

Average Response Time

1 HONEA PATH FD Combo 118 0:02:38

2 GREENVILLE CITY FD Career 538 0:03:42

3 WEST COLUMBIA FD Career 112 0:03:54

4 MYRTLE BEACH FD Career 1470 0:04:04

5 BEAUFORT CITY FD Combo 229 0:04:07

6 BOILING SPRINGS FD Combo 143 0:04:27

7 WADE HAMPTON FD Career 127 0:04:34

8 GOOSE CREEK CITY FD Career 180 0:04:40

9 SIMPSONVILLE FD Career 223 0:04:42

10 ORANGEBURG PUBLIC SAFETY Career 117 0:04:42

TOP 10 RESPONSE TIMES (MIN 100 CALLS)

Statewide, the average response time in July to any incident type was

6:37

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Top 3 last month: Mauldin FD, Greenville City FD, Beaufort City FD

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STATEWIDE RUN DATA

Rank Department Type # of Fires Amount Saved1 MYRTLE BEACH FD Career 23 $9,036,935

2 FLINT HILL VFD Combination 6 $6,499,500

3 NORTH CHARLESTON CITY FD Career 52 $1,908,760

4 LEXINGTON COUNTY FIRE SERVICE Combination 76 $1,468,470

5 GREENVILLE CITY FD Career 33 $678,250

6 WILLISTON FD Volunteer 4 $641,000

7 COLUMBIA CITY FD Career 90 $388,900

8 HORRY COUNTY FD HQ Combination 35 $353,500

9 SOUTHSIDE VFD Volunteer 2 $320,000

10 TYGER RIVER FD Combination 9 $311,000

TOP 10 TOTAL PROPERTY/CONTENTS SAVED

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).

Date Department Incident Type Duration Dollar LossJuly 3 SIMPSONVILLE FD Building fire 2:15:05 $155,000

July 3 LEE COUNTY FIRE HQ Building fire 3:56:00 $114,645

July 4 COLUMBIA CITY FD Building fire 4:24:54 $300,000

July 8 GLASSY MOUNTAIN FD Building fire 2:26:57 $105,000

July 12 WILLISTON FD Building fire 2:50:00 $109,000

July 18 COLLETON COUNTY FD Building fire w exposure 3:59:06 $130,000

July 19 PINE GROVE FD Building fire 2:54:00 $220,000

July 29 COLUMBIA CITY FD Building fire 3:16:30 $114,000

July 29 FLORENCE CITY FD Mobile property/vehicle fire 0:43:51 $152,000

SIGNIFICANT FIRES (LOSS > $100,000)

8,928 EMS INCIDENTS

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intentionally-set fires.

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24-hour care Nursing homes, 4 or more…

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Hotel/motel, commercial

1 or 2 family dwelling

Common False Call Property Types

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1 FIRE FATALITY

Date County Reported Cause Occupancy Age/Gender State Fatality Number

7/22/2013 Jasper Under Investigation Storage Structure 21/M 35

< 20 Years

14%

20-50 Years

28%

> 50 Years

58%

AGE OF VICTIMS

July Fire Fatalities0 Multiple Fatality Incidents

To report a Fire Fatality please use is.gd/fatalform (fillable pdf)

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Fatalities by Month - 5 Year

Comparison

2009 2010 2011 2012 2013

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SPOTLIGHT DATA – JULY 4TH

Jul 4th - 1307 fires

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July Fires 2007-2012

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$50,000

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4 5Hour of Day

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2007-2012 Dollar Loss by Hour – Fireworks Fires – July 4 & 5

• This year, Independence Day fell on a Thursday. Celebrations spanned the entireweekend. From the reports so far this year, Service and EMS calls peaked sharply onJuly 4th. Fires rose 42% above the July average on Friday, the 5th then declined againafter Monday.

• Property and Contents Loss due to fire in the first week of July 2013 amounted to$1,042,570, a third of which came from fires on July 4th.

• $13,409,427 worth of property and contents were saved by fire departmentsthroughout Independence Day Weekend (July 4th – July 7th)

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A b b e v i l l e C o u n t y

Abbeville City FD

Broadmouth Turkey Creek FD

Cold Springs FD

Donalds Rural FD

Edgewood FD

Keowee FD

Long Cane FD

Lowndesville Rural FD

Monterey Rural FD

Sharon Rural FD

A i k e n C o u n t yBeech Island FD

Center FD

Silver Bluff FD

Wagener FD

A l l e n d a l e C o u n t yAllendale County Fire & Rescue

A n d e r s o n C o u n t y

Honea Path FD

Williamston FD

B a m b e r g C o u n t yBamberg City Fire Dept

Colston VFD

Hunter’s Chapel FD

Little Swamp VFD

B a r n w e l l C o u n t y

Barnwell Rural FD

Williston FD

Hilda FD

Elko FD

B e a u f o r t C o u n t yBeaufort City Fire Dept

Daufuskie Island FD

Sheldon Township FD

B e r k e l e y C o u n t y

Goose Creek City FD

Lake Moultrie Rural FD

Sandridge VFD

Forty-One Community VFD

Moncks Corner City FD

Moncks Corner RFD

Pimlico Rural VFD

C h a r l e s t o n C o u n t yAwendaw FD

Mount Pleasant Fire Dept

North Charleston City FD

C h e r o k e e C o u n t yGaffney FD

Buffalo VFD

Cherokee Creek VFD

CKC VFD

Grassy Pond VFD

C h e s t e r C o u n t yChester City Fire Dept

Richburg VFD

C h e s t e r f i e l d C o u n t yCheraw Fire Dept

Ruby - Mt. Croghan

C o l l e t o n C o u n t yColleton County FD

D a r l i n g t o n C o u n t yHartsville FD

D o r c h e s t e r C o u n t ySummerville FD

E d g e f i e l d C o u n t yMerriweather VFD

F a i r f i e l d C o u n t yCommunity FD

Dutchman Creek VFD

Mitford VFD

Ridgeway VFD

Southeastern Fairfield VFD

C a l h o u n C o u n t yCameron FD

Fort Motte VFD

St Matthews Fire Department

F l o r e n c e C o u n t yFlorence City Fire Dept

G e o r g e t o w n C o u n t yGeorgetown County FD

Midway FD

G r e e n v i l l e C o u n t yBelmont FD

Berea Public Service District

Boiling Springs FD

Fountain Inn FD

Gantt Fire, Sewer & Police

Greenville City FD

Greer FD

North Greenville FD

Simpsonville FD

South Greenville FD

Taylors FD

Wade Hampton FD

Duncan Chapel FD

Glassy Mountain FD

Lake Cunningham FD

Piedmont FD

Piedmont Park FD

Tigerville FD

Travelers Rest FD

G r e e n w o o d C o u n t yGreenwood City Fire Dept

H o r r y C o u n t yConway FD

Horry County Fire Rescue

Myrtle Beach FD

J a s p e r C o u n t yRidgeland FD

K e r s h a w C o u n t yBuffalo - Mt. Pisgah FD

Camden FD

Cassatt FD

Lugoff FD

Pine Grove FD

Shepard VFD

L a n c a s t e r C o u n t yLancaster Fire Department

M a r l b o r o C o u n t yBennettsville Fire Dept

Mccoll Fire Dept

Wallace FD

M c C o r m i c k C o u n t yMcCormick County Emergency Service

Sandy Branch FD

O c o n e e C o u n t yCorinth - Shiloh Fire Dept #3

Keowee FD

Keowee-Ebenezer FD #11

Oakway FD #1

South Union FD #15

Walhalla Fire Dept #5

West Union VFD #16

O r a n g e b u r g C o u n t yOrangeburg City Fire Dept

Santee Fire Service Dist.

P i c k e n s C o u n t yCentral VFD

Clemson University Fire & Ems

Liberty FD

Pickens City Fire Dept

Six Mile Town Fire Dept

Vineyards FD

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L a u r e n s C o u n t yLaurens City FD

L e x i n g t o n C o u n t yCayce Fire Department

West Columbia Fire Department

Lexington County Fire Service

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R i c h l a n d C o u n t yColumbia FD

S p a r t a n b u r g C o u n t y

Converse Area VFD

Cowpens FD

Croft Fire Department

Drayton VFD

Glenn Springs – Pauline FD

Landrum VFD

Mayo FD

New Prospect VFD

Pelham - Batesville FD

Poplar Springs FD

Reidville FD

Roebuck

Spartanburg City FD

Tyger River FD

Una VFD

Westview – Fairforest FD

Woodruff FD

U n i o n C o u n t yBonham FD

Buffalo VFD

Lockhart VFD

Monarch Fire Dept

Southside VFD

Union City Fire Dept

W i l l i a m s b u r g C o u n t yKingstree FD

Y o r k C o u n t yClover VFD

City Of York Fire Department

Flint Hill VFD

Fort Mill FD

Hickory Grove FD

Rock Hill Fire Dept

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monthly report, please contact

SCFIRS@llr.sc.gov.

All data is compiled 50 days after

the end of the month, or the 20th of

the month. For example, we

stopped accepting data for this

report on September 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 148 of 435, or

34.0% of SC Fire Departments who

report monthly, down from June

where 35.4 % reported.

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