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Portageville: Fire Incidents, Missouri (MO)

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 31. The highest number of fire incidents - 76 took place in 2010, and the least - 3 in 2005. The data has a decreasing trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 9 minutes. This is higher than the Missouri median value.


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

Portageville:	9 minutes
Caruthersville:	3 minutes
Malden:	4 minutes
Kennett:	3 minutes
Dexter:	4 minutes
Sikeston:	5 minutes
Rector:	7 minutes
Blytheville:	4 minutes

28.2% incidents where reported in the morning and 71.8% in the evening. The most fires (18.4%) took place on Tuesday, and the least (10.7%) on Friday.
According to the 521 incident reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (12.3%) took place during July, and the least (6.5%) in June.
Out of all 759 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Fire (68.6%), Overpressure Rupture (11.7%), and Rescue & EMS (10.5%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Portageville, MO
• 52168.6%Fire
• 8911.7%Rescue & EMS
• 8010.5%Hazardous Condition
• 324.2%Good Intent Call
• 314.1%Service Call
• 50.7%False Alarm
• 10.1%Special Incident
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Structure Fires (43.0%), and Outside Fires (29.8%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Portageville, MO
• 22443.0%Structure Fires
• 15529.8%Outside Fires
• 10119.4%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 417.9%Other