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Brandenburg: Fire Incidents, Kentucky (KY)

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

Based on the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fires per year is 43. The highest number of fire incidents - 75 took place in 2011, and the least - 6 in 2002. The data has an increasing trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 9 minutes. This is higher compared to the Kentucky median value.


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

Brandenburg:	9 minutes
Corydon:	10 minutes
Vine Grove:	9 minutes
Radcliff:	5 minutes
Georgetown:	6 minutes
Fairdale:	5 minutes
Shepherdsville:	6 minutes
Elizabethtown:	6 minutes
Louisville:	4 minutes

25.2% incidents where reported in the morning and 74.8% in the evening. The most fires (17.2%) took place on Tuesday, and the least (12.6%) on Friday.
Based on the 738 fire incidents from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (15.0%) took place during March, and the least (6.8%) in May.
Out of all 3,382 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (49.9%), Fire (21.8%), and Good Intent Call (13.2%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Brandenburg, KY
• 1,68849.9%Rescue & EMS
• 73821.8%Fire
• 44513.2%Good Intent Call
• 2848.4%Hazardous Condition
• 1414.2%False Alarm
• 581.7%Service Call
• 120.4%Special Incident
• 100.3%Overpressure Rupture
• 60.2%Severe Weather
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Structure Fires (39.4%), and Outside Fires (36.6%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Brandenburg, KY
• 29139.4%Structure Fires
• 27036.6%Outside Fires
• 13117.8%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 466.2%Other