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Ellsworth: 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 fire incidents per year is 40. The highest number of fires - 70 took place in 2005, and the least - 11 in 2018. The data has a dropping trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 8 minutes. This is higher than the state median value.


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

Ellsworth:	8 minutes
Lindsborg:	10 minutes
Salina:	4 minutes
Russell:	7 minutes
Great Bend:	5 minutes
McPherson:	5 minutes
Inman:	10 minutes
Hutchinson:	6 minutes

24.8% incidents where reported in the morning and 75.2% in the evening. The most fires (21.8%) took place on Saturday, and the least (10.3%) on Thursday.
Based on the 673 reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (15.0%) took place during March, and the least (4.3%) in October.
Out of all 1,252 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Fire (53.8%), Rescue & EMS (19.8%), and Overpressure Rupture (12.8%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Ellsworth, KS
• 67353.8%Fire
• 24819.8%Hazardous Condition
• 16012.8%Rescue & EMS
• 917.3%Good Intent Call
• 443.5%False Alarm
• 161.3%Service Call
• 100.8%Severe Weather
• 100.8%Special Incident
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Outside Fires (60.9%), and Structure Fires (17.4%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Ellsworth, KS
• 41060.9%Outside Fires
• 11717.4%Structure Fires
• 9914.7%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 477.0%Other