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Crossville: Fire Incidents, Tennessee (TN)

2002 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents

According to the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire incidents per year is 274. The highest number of reported fires - 430 took place in 2007, and the least - 192 in 2017. The data has a decreasing trend.


The average number of yearly fire incidents per 10k residents in Crossville, TN compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for the last 3 years, including only cities with population 5,000 and above)

Crossville:	214.2
Fairfield Glade:	17.2
Rockwood:	230.3
Sparta:	260.1
Harriman:	267.5
Cookeville:	76.5
Kingston:	160.5
Rickman:	17.0
Dayton:	153.7

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 9 minutes. This is higher than the Tennessee median value.


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

Crossville:	9 minutes
Monterey:	12 minutes
Rockwood:	8 minutes
Sparta:	9 minutes
Pikeville:	12 minutes
Harriman:	8 minutes
Spencer:	13 minutes
Cookeville:	6 minutes
Kingston:	9 minutes

Based on the reports from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly deaths is 1. The highest number of deaths - 2 took place in 2007, and the lowest - 0 in 2002. The data has a constant trend. The average number of fatalities per 1,000 fires is 3. This indicator was the highest - 10 in 2017, and the lowest 0 in 2002. The trend for fatalities per 1,000 fires is constant. Compared to the state value the number of deaths per 1,000 fire incidents is lower.


Deaths per 1,000 incidents in Crossville, TN compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for all years, including only cities with at least 2,500 fire incidents)

Crossville:	2.4
Sparta:	2.5
Harriman:	2.8
Cookeville:	3.1
Athens:	4.4

According to the reports from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly casualties is 3. The highest number of injuries - 15 took place in 2013, and the lowest - 0 in 2009. The data has a rising trend. The average number of injuries per 1,000 fire incidents is 12. This indicator was the highest - 58 in 2013, and the lowest 0 in 2009. The trend for casualties per 1,000 incidents is increasing. Compared to the Tennessee value the number of injuries per 1,000 fire incidents is higher.



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

Crossville:	11.4
Monterey:	1.7
Rockwood:	6.2
Sparta:	0.9
Pikeville:	7.4
Harriman:	2.8
Spencer:	1.1
Cookeville:	13.8
Kingston:	0.0

30.4% incidents where reported in the morning and 69.6% in the evening. The most fires (15.4%) took place on Monday, and the least (12.3%) on Wednesday.
According to the 4,666 fire incidents from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (14.3%) took place during March, and the least (6.1%) in June.
Out of all 22,352 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (38.2%), Hazardous Condition (25.0%), and Fire (20.9%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Crossville, TN
• 8,53338.2%Rescue & EMS
• 5,59825.0%Hazardous Condition
• 4,66620.9%Fire
• 1,9428.7%Good Intent Call
• 1,0804.8%False Alarm
• 4181.9%Service Call
• 760.3%Severe Weather
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Outside Fires (44.2%), and Structure Fires (34.2%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Crossville, TN
• 2,06344.2%Outside Fires
• 1,59434.2%Structure Fires
• 88519.0%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 1242.7%Other