City Of Raleigh: RFD Uses Numbers To Improve Your – And Your Neighbors' - Lives

Press release from the City of Raleigh:

Jul 26, 2021

The Raleigh Fire Department keeps a close eye on statistics related to the services we provide to the community. Statistics allow us to focus our efforts on geographical areas that may have a specific public safety need, for instance, and they help us keep track of resources that are needed to mitigate hazards.

Thanks to statistics, we know to focus our fire and life safety education efforts on the areas of the City that show a need at any given time. By maintaining an up-to-date set of statistics, the department can carry out the services we provide at the most efficient and effective ways possible. This allows us to continue to be a safer place to live, work, play and visit for all.

2020 Stats
Although 2020 was atypical in many ways, it did prove to be a typical year in relation to fire causes in Raleigh. Our top causes of fire events continued to be:

• Unattended cooking
• Improperly discarded smoking materials

We continue to concentrate our fire education efforts on these key topics to reduce death, injury, and properly loss in Raleigh.

Please check out the table below and the related heat maps.  

Heat Maps of Fire Incidents

This press release was produced by the City of Raleigh. The views expressed here are the author’s own.