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Fort Scott: Fire Incidents, Kansas (KS)

2002 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents

According to the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fires per year is 158. The highest number of reported fire incidents - 286 took place in 2006, and the least - 73 in 2008. The data has a growing trend.


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

Fort Scott:	218.9
Pittsburg:	99.9
Iola:	111.7

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 7 minutes. This is about the same as the state median value.


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

Fort Scott:	7 minutes
Pittsburg:	3 minutes
Iola:	6 minutes
Garnett:	10 minutes

Based on the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly deaths is 0. The highest number of deaths - 2 took place in 2006, and the lowest - 0 in 2002. The data has a constant trend. The average number of deaths per 1,000 fires is 2. This indicator was the highest - 8 in 2007, and the lowest 0 in 2002. The trend for fatalities per 1,000 fire incidents is constant. Compared to the Kansas value the number of fatalities per 1,000 fires is similar.


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

Fort Scott:	1.9
Pittsburg:	2.6

Based on the reports from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related casualties per year is 1. The highest number of reported casualties - 4 took place in 2003, and the lowest - 0 in 2004. The data has a decreasing trend. The average number of injuries per 1,000 fire incidents is 5. This indicator was the highest - 33 in 2002, and the lowest 0 in 2004. The trend for injuries per 1,000 incidents is declining. Compared to the Kansas value the number of injuries per 1,000 fires is much lower.



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

Fort Scott:	3.7
Pittsburg:	8.4
Iola:	6.6
Garnett:	0.9

26.8% incidents where reported in the morning and 73.2% in the evening. The most fires (17.6%) took place on Saturday, and the least (12.2%) on Wednesday.
Based on the 2,682 fire incident reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (18.3%) took place during March, and the least (4.4%) in May.
Out of all 11,663 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (52.2%), Fire (23.0%), and Hazardous Condition (10.1%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Fort Scott, KS
• 6,08652.2%Rescue & EMS
• 2,68223.0%Fire
• 1,17510.1%Hazardous Condition
• 6745.8%Good Intent Call
• 5204.5%Service Call
• 4063.5%False Alarm
• 950.8%Severe Weather
• 190.2%Overpressure Rupture
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Outside Fires (56.7%), and Structure Fires (27.9%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Fort Scott, KS
• 1,52056.7%Outside Fires
• 74727.9%Structure Fires
• 34312.8%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 722.7%Other