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Ooltewah: Fire Incidents, Tennessee (TN)

2003 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents

According to the data from the years 2003 - 2018 the average number of fires per year is 61. The highest number of reported fires - 82 took place in 2006, and the least - 16 in 2018. The data has a declining trend.

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


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

Ooltewah:	8 minutes
East Ridge:	4 minutes
Ringgold:	9 minutes
Chattanooga:	5 minutes
Fort Oglethorpe:	6 minutes
Rossville:	9 minutes
Cleveland:	6 minutes
Signal Mountain:	6 minutes
Chickamauga:	11 minutes

26.8% incidents where reported in the morning and 73.2% in the evening. The most fires (18.0%) took place on Saturday, and the least (11.8%) on Tuesday.
Based on the 977 fire incidents from years 2003 - 2018 most fires (12.8%) took place during March, and the least (5.0%) in December.
Out of all 4,377 cases reported during the years 2003 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (34.6%), Fire (22.3%), and Hazardous Condition (15.8%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Ooltewah, TN
• 1,51334.6%Rescue & EMS
• 97722.3%Fire
• 69015.8%Hazardous Condition
• 62614.3%Good Intent Call
• 3016.9%Service Call
• 2545.8%False Alarm
• 90.2%Special Incident
• 60.1%Overpressure Rupture
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Outside Fires (46.9%), and Structure Fires (28.7%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Ooltewah, TN
• 45846.9%Outside Fires
• 28028.7%Structure Fires
• 21822.3%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 212.1%Other