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Dodge City: Fire Incidents, Kansas (KS)

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 197. The highest number of fire incidents - 316 took place in 2017, and the least - 151 in 2014. The data has a decreasing trend.


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

Dodge City:	82.7
Garden City:	36.0
Liberal:	66.2
Pratt:	72.3
Ulysses:	26.0

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


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

Dodge City:	5 minutes
Ashland:	13 minutes
Garden City:	6 minutes
Larned:	8 minutes
Liberal:	5 minutes
Pratt:	7 minutes

Based on the reports from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related fatalities per year is 1. The highest number of reported deaths - 3 took place in 2010, and the lowest - 0 in 2002. The data has a constant trend. The average number of fatalities per 1,000 fire incidents is 3. This indicator was the highest - 16 in 2010, and the lowest 0 in 2002. The trend for fatalities per 1,000 incidents is constant. Compared to the Kansas value the number of deaths per 1,000 fire incidents is higher.


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

Dodge City:	3.0
Garden City:	4.3

According to the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related casualties per year is 1. The highest number of casualties - 4 took place in 2005, and the lowest - 0 in 2006. The data has a constant trend. The average number of casualties per 1,000 fires is 6. This indicator was the highest - 20 in 2005, and the lowest 0 in 2006. The trend for injuries per 1,000 fires is rising. Compared to the Kansas value the number of injuries per 1,000 fire incidents is lower.



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

Dodge City:	6.0
Ashland:	0.0
Garden City:	8.2
Larned:	1.6
Liberal:	25.4
Pratt:	2.3

25.8% incidents where reported in the morning and 74.2% in the evening. The most fires (15.5%) took place on Saturday, and the least (12.9%) on Wednesday.
According to the 3,351 incident reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (14.4%) took place during July, and the least (5.8%) in September.
Out of all 12,665 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (39.8%), Fire (26.5%), and Hazardous Condition (14.1%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Dodge City, KS
• 5,04539.8%Rescue & EMS
• 3,35126.5%Fire
• 1,79114.1%Hazardous Condition
• 9237.3%Good Intent Call
• 8656.8%Service Call
• 6505.1%False Alarm
• 230.2%Overpressure Rupture
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Outside Fires (60.3%), and Structure Fires (23.3%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Dodge City, KS
• 2,01960.3%Outside Fires
• 78023.3%Structure Fires
• 43012.8%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 1223.6%Other