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Lecompton: 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 41. The highest number of fires - 74 took place in 2015, and the least - 2 in 2009. The data has a declining trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 12 minutes. This is higher compared to the Kansas median value.


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

Lecompton:	12 minutes
Lawrence:	6 minutes
Oskaloosa:	12 minutes
Ozawkie:	15 minutes
Meriden:	12 minutes
McLouth:	12 minutes
Topeka:	5 minutes
Tonganoxie:	10 minutes
Eudora:	8 minutes

24.4% incidents where reported in the morning and 75.6% in the evening. The most fires (20.3%) took place on Saturday, and the least (10.2%) on Tuesday.
Based on the 704 incident reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (26.6%) took place during March, and the least (3.4%) in September.
Out of all 1,879 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (45.4%), Fire (37.5%), and Good Intent Call (8.5%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Lecompton, KS
• 85445.4%Rescue & EMS
• 70437.5%Fire
• 1598.5%Good Intent Call
• 894.7%Hazardous Condition
• 351.9%False Alarm
• 251.3%Service Call
• 120.6%Special Incident
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Outside Fires (57.0%), and Structure Fires (24.4%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Lecompton, KS
• 40157.0%Outside Fires
• 17224.4%Structure Fires
• 11015.6%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 213.0%Other