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Sparta: Fire Incidents, Michigan (MI)

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

According to the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire incidents per year is 41. The highest number of fires - 80 took place in 2006, and the least - 16 in 2008. The data has a decreasing trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 7 minutes. This is similar to the state median value.


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

Sparta:	7 minutes
Rockford:	6 minutes
Comstock Park:	7 minutes
Cedar Springs:	7 minutes
Walker:	9 minutes
Coopersville:	8 minutes
Grant:	10 minutes
Grand Rapids:	5 minutes
Allendale:	8 minutes

According to the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related fatalities per year is 0. The highest number of deaths - 1 took place in 2004, and the lowest - 0 in 2002. The data has a constant trend.
33.7% incidents where reported in the morning and 66.3% in the evening. The most fires (16.6%) took place on Friday, and the least (11.9%) on Tuesday.
According to the 698 reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (11.7%) took place during April, and the least (6.3%) in October.
Out of all 6,780 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (64.0%), Fire (10.3%), and Hazardous Condition (9.2%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Sparta, MI
• 4,34064.0%Rescue & EMS
• 69810.3%Fire
• 6269.2%Hazardous Condition
• 5217.7%Good Intent Call
• 4246.3%Service Call
• 1552.3%False Alarm
• 140.2%Special Incident
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Structure Fires (52.3%), and Outside Fires (24.8%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Sparta, MI
• 36552.3%Structure Fires
• 17324.8%Outside Fires
• 10214.6%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 588.3%Other