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Columbia: 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 fires per year is 249. The highest number of fire incidents - 443 took place in 2007, and the least - 83 in 2002. The data has an increasing trend.


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

Columbia:	50.7
Spring Hill:	17.9
Lewisburg:	88.2
Franklin:	30.3
Fairview:	28.4
Unionville:	30.1
Pulaski:	124.6
Brentwood:	22.5
Lawrenceburg:	124.8

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 Columbia, TN compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for all years, including only cities with at least 500 fire incidents)

Columbia:	5 minutes
Spring Hill:	6 minutes
Lewisburg:	6 minutes
Chapel Hill:	8 minutes
Summertown:	11 minutes
Franklin:	6 minutes
Fairview:	9 minutes
Pulaski:	9 minutes
Hohenwald:	7 minutes

Based on the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly deaths is 1. The highest number of reported deaths - 2 took place in 2003, and the lowest - 0 in 2002. The data has a constant trend. The average number of fatalities per 1,000 fire incidents is 4. This indicator was the highest - 14 in 2003, and the lowest 0 in 2002. The trend for deaths per 1,000 fire incidents is rising. Compared to the Tennessee value the number of deaths per 1,000 fire incidents is about the same.


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

Columbia:	3.1
Franklin:	2.5
Shelbyville:	2.0
Dickson:	1.0
Murfreesboro:	3.8

According to the reports from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly casualties is 3. The highest number of reported casualties - 5 took place in 2004, and the lowest - 0 in 2002. The data has a rising trend. The average number of injuries per 1,000 fire incidents is 13. This indicator was the highest - 32 in 2013, and the lowest 0 in 2002. The trend for casualties per 1,000 incidents is growing. Compared to the Tennessee value the number of casualties per 1,000 fires is higher.



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

Columbia:	12.1
Spring Hill:	3.6
Lewisburg:	2.4
Chapel Hill:	1.8
Summertown:	3.2
Franklin:	12.8
Fairview:	5.4
Pulaski:	2.5
Hohenwald:	9.1

32.3% incidents where reported in the morning and 67.7% in the evening. The most fires (16.9%) took place on Saturday, and the least (13.0%) on Tuesday.
According to the 4,225 fire incident reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (10.4%) took place during July, and the least (6.8%) in May.
Out of all 24,510 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (54.9%), Fire (17.2%), and Hazardous Condition (8.5%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Columbia, TN
• 13,45754.9%Rescue & EMS
• 4,22517.2%Fire
• 2,0888.5%Hazardous Condition
• 1,8237.4%False Alarm
• 1,6476.7%Good Intent Call
• 1,1884.8%Service Call
• 370.2%Overpressure Rupture
• 280.1%Special Incident
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Outside Fires (40.3%), and Structure Fires (37.7%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Columbia, TN
• 1,70240.3%Outside Fires
• 1,59137.7%Structure Fires
• 86620.5%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 661.6%Other