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Joplin: Fire Incidents, Missouri (MO)

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 373. The highest number of fire incidents - 603 took place in 2006, and the least - 51 in 2011. The data has a growing trend.


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

Joplin:	74.0
Webb City:	99.0
Carl Junction:	5.7
Carthage:	130.1
Neosho:	109.3

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 6 minutes. This is close to the Missouri median value.


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

Joplin:	6 minutes
Webb City:	5 minutes
Galena:	5 minutes
Carthage:	7 minutes
Baxter Springs:	7 minutes
Neosho:	7 minutes
Seneca:	9 minutes
Columbus:	10 minutes
Pittsburg:	3 minutes

Based on the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly deaths is 1. The highest number of reported deaths - 3 took place in 2007, and the lowest - 0 in 2009. The data has a rising trend. The average number of fatalities per 1,000 fires is 2. This indicator was the highest - 6 in 2007, and the lowest 0 in 2009. The trend for fatalities per 1,000 incidents is rising. Compared to the Missouri value the number of fatalities per 1,000 fires is higher.


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

Joplin:	2.4
Neosho:	2.0
Pittsburg:	2.6

Based on the reports from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly casualties is 5. The highest number of casualties - 14 took place in 2007, and the lowest - 0 in 2015. The data has a constant trend. The average number of casualties per 1,000 fire incidents is 12. This indicator was the highest - 32 in 2012, and the lowest 0 in 2015. The trend for injuries per 1,000 incidents is decreasing. Compared to the Missouri value the number of injuries per 1,000 fires is much higher.



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

Joplin:	12.3
Webb City:	6.3
Galena:	0.0
Carthage:	0.4
Baxter Springs:	3.4
Neosho:	3.5
Seneca:	4.7
Columbus:	0.5
Pittsburg:	8.4

31.2% incidents where reported in the morning and 68.8% in the evening. The most fires (15.7%) took place on Saturday, and the least (13.4%) on Wednesday.
According to the 6,346 fires from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (12.4%) took place during March, and the least (5.2%) in September.
Out of all 52,308 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (54.3%), Fire (12.1%), and Hazardous Condition (10.9%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Joplin, MO
• 28,41754.3%Rescue & EMS
• 6,34612.1%Fire
• 5,71910.9%Hazardous Condition
• 4,9209.4%Good Intent Call
• 3,8027.3%Service Call
• 2,9815.7%False Alarm
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Outside Fires (44.9%), and Structure Fires (34.5%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Joplin, MO
• 2,85144.9%Outside Fires
• 2,18834.5%Structure Fires
• 1,00915.9%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 2984.7%Other