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Creston: Fire Incidents, Iowa (IA)

2002 - 2017 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents

Based on the data from the years 2002 - 2017 the average number of fire incidents per year is 39. The highest number of reported fire incidents - 65 took place in 2017, and the least - 0 in 2006. The data has a rising trend.


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

Creston:	42.5
Winterset:	66.1
Atlantic:	41.9

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 6 minutes. This is comparable to the Iowa median value.


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

Creston:	6 minutes
Winterset:	9 minutes
Atlantic:	4 minutes

Based on the data from the years 2002 - 2017 the average number of fire-related yearly casualties is 1. The highest number of injuries - 3 took place in 2003, and the lowest - 0 in 2002. The data has a constant trend. The average number of injuries per 1,000 fires is 14. This indicator was the highest - 63 in 2010, and the lowest 0 in 2002. The trend for injuries per 1,000 fires is constant. Compared to the state value the number of casualties per 1,000 incidents is higher.



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

Creston:	17.5
Winterset:	1.7
Atlantic:	0.0

29.9% incidents where reported in the morning and 70.1% in the evening. The most fires (16.7%) took place on Sunday, and the least (11.8%) on Wednesday.
Based on the 629 incident reports from years 2002 - 2017 most fires (15.6%) took place during March, and the least (4.8%) in January.
Out of all 3,613 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2017, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (54.0%), Fire (17.4%), and Hazardous Condition (8.9%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Creston, IA
• 1,95254.0%Rescue & EMS
• 62917.4%Fire
• 3218.9%Hazardous Condition
• 2767.6%Service Call
• 2276.3%Good Intent Call
• 1845.1%False Alarm
• 130.4%Special Incident
• 80.2%Severe Weather
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Outside Fires (42.6%), and Structure Fires (34.7%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Creston, IA
• 26842.6%Outside Fires
• 21834.7%Structure Fires
• 12820.3%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 152.4%Other