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Tellico Plains: Fire Incidents, Tennessee (TN)

2004 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents

Based on the data from the years 2004 - 2018 the average number of fire incidents per year is 55. The highest number of fires - 120 took place in 2009, and the least - 14 in 2015. The data has a rising trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 10 minutes. This is higher than the Tennessee median value.


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

Tellico Plains:	10 minutes
Madisonville:	10 minutes
Englewood:	8 minutes
Etowah:	8 minutes
Vonore:	7 minutes
Niota:	10 minutes
Athens:	6 minutes
Sweetwater:	11 minutes
Riceville:	11 minutes

30.8% incidents where reported in the morning and 69.2% in the evening. The most fires (16.9%) took place on Saturday, and the least (11.6%) on Thursday.
According to the 834 incident reports from years 2004 - 2018 most fires (16.9%) took place during March, and the least (4.6%) in June.
Out of all 1,722 cases reported during the years 2004 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Fire (48.4%), Overpressure Rupture (27.2%), and Rescue & EMS (11.6%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Tellico Plains, TN
• 83448.4%Fire
• 46827.2%Rescue & EMS
• 19911.6%Hazardous Condition
• 955.5%Good Intent Call
• 854.9%Service Call
• 281.6%False Alarm
• 100.6%Special Incident
• 30.2%Severe Weather
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Outside Fires (43.4%), and Structure Fires (41.8%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Tellico Plains, TN
• 36243.4%Outside Fires
• 34941.8%Structure Fires
• 819.7%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 425.0%Other