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Etowah: Fire Incidents, Tennessee (TN)

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 76. The highest number of fire incidents - 124 took place in 2007, and the least - 8 in 2002. The data has a growing trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 8 minutes. This is higher compared to the Tennessee median value.


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

Etowah:	8 minutes
Englewood:	8 minutes
Athens:	6 minutes
Riceville:	11 minutes
Calhoun:	5 minutes
Niota:	10 minutes
Tellico Plains:	10 minutes
Madisonville:	10 minutes
Sweetwater:	11 minutes

According to the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related fatalities per year 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.
30.5% incidents where reported in the morning and 69.5% in the evening. The most fires (16.2%) took place on Saturday, and the least (11.1%) on Monday.
According to the 1,300 incident reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (13.2%) took place during March, and the least (6.1%) in May.
Out of all 4,087 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Overpressure Rupture (42.4%), Fire (31.8%), and Rescue & EMS (9.6%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Etowah, TN
• 1,73242.4%Rescue & EMS
• 1,30031.8%Fire
• 3939.6%Hazardous Condition
• 3498.5%Good Intent Call
• 1924.7%False Alarm
• 1102.7%Service Call
• 70.2%Special Incident
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Structure Fires (44.3%), and Outside Fires (40.1%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Etowah, TN
• 57644.3%Structure Fires
• 52140.1%Outside Fires
• 16112.4%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 423.2%Other