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Alpena: Fire Incidents, Michigan (MI)

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

According to the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fires per year is 64. The highest number of reported fires - 92 took place in 2016, and the least - 43 in 2011. The data has a dropping trend.


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

Alpena:	70.6
Petoskey:	108.1

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 5 minutes. This is lower than the state median value.


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

Alpena:	5 minutes
Gaylord:	10 minutes
Prescott:	11 minutes
Grayling:	13 minutes
Roscommon:	12 minutes
Petoskey:	6 minutes
Mancelona:	11 minutes
Houghton Lake:	8 minutes
Pinconning:	11 minutes

Based on the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly casualties is 1. The highest number of reported injuries - 3 took place in 2014, and the lowest - 0 in 2002. The data has a constant trend. The average number of injuries per 1,000 fire incidents is 8. This indicator was the highest - 47 in 2014, and the lowest 0 in 2002. The trend for casualties per 1,000 fire incidents is increasing. Compared to the Michigan value the number of injuries per 1,000 fires is lower.



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

Alpena:	8.2
Gaylord:	16.9
Prescott:	0.0
Grayling:	3.4
Roscommon:	19.2
Petoskey:	12.8
Mancelona:	0.0
Houghton Lake:	6.2
Pinconning:	8.7

31.0% incidents where reported in the morning and 69.0% in the evening. The most fires (15.7%) took place on Tuesday, and the least (12.9%) on Sunday.
Based on the 1,093 fire incident reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (11.7%) took place during July, and the least (6.5%) in January.
Out of all 16,353 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (73.6%), Service Call (8.6%), and Fire (6.7%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Alpena, MI
• 12,04173.6%Rescue & EMS
• 1,4058.6%Service Call
• 1,0936.7%Fire
• 8285.1%Hazardous Condition
• 6143.8%Good Intent Call
• 3352.0%False Alarm
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Structure Fires (46.5%), and Outside Fires (27.4%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Alpena, MI
• 50846.5%Structure Fires
• 29927.4%Outside Fires
• 15414.1%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 13212.1%Other