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Deer River: Fire Incidents, Minnesota (MN)

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 37. The highest number of reported fire incidents - 57 took place in 2003, and the least - 23 in 2011. The data has a dropping trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 11 minutes. This is higher compared to the Minnesota median value.


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

Deer River:	11 minutes
Grand Rapids:	8 minutes
Hibbing:	7 minutes
Bemidji:	7 minutes
Eveleth:	12 minutes
Virginia:	5 minutes

28.6% incidents where reported in the morning and 71.4% in the evening. The most fires (18.1%) took place on Sunday, and the least (12.3%) on Wednesday.
According to the 625 incident reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (22.7%) took place during April, and the least (4.2%) in June.
Out of all 948 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Fire (65.9%), Rescue & EMS (12.1%), and Overpressure Rupture (11.1%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Deer River, MN
• 62565.9%Fire
• 11512.1%Hazardous Condition
• 10511.1%Rescue & EMS
• 444.6%False Alarm
• 404.2%Good Intent Call
• 111.2%Service Call
• 70.7%Special Incident
• 10.1%Severe Weather
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Outside Fires (46.1%), and Structure Fires (37.3%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Deer River, MN
• 28846.1%Outside Fires
• 23337.3%Structure Fires
• 8012.8%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 243.8%Other