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Walkerton: Fire Incidents, Indiana (IN)

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 58. The highest number of fires - 79 took place in 2006, and the least - 31 in 2018. The data has a dropping trend.

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


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

Walkerton:	8 minutes
Plymouth:	8 minutes
Knox:	7 minutes
La Porte:	3 minutes
South Bend:	5 minutes
Notre Dame:	2 minutes
Mishawaka:	5 minutes
North Judson:	0 minutes
Nappanee:	6 minutes

30.8% incidents where reported in the morning and 69.2% in the evening. The most fires (18.3%) took place on Saturday, and the least (10.4%) on Wednesday.
According to the 987 reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (23.5%) took place during April, and the least (4.4%) in January.
Out of all 2,847 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (37.4%), Fire (34.7%), and Hazardous Condition (13.9%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Walkerton, IN
• 1,06537.4%Rescue & EMS
• 98734.7%Fire
• 39513.9%Hazardous Condition
• 1595.6%Good Intent Call
• 1234.3%Service Call
• 903.2%False Alarm
• 190.7%Special Incident
• 60.2%Severe Weather
• 30.1%Overpressure Rupture
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Outside Fires (47.5%), and Structure Fires (37.4%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Walkerton, IN
• 46947.5%Outside Fires
• 36937.4%Structure Fires
• 11211.3%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 373.7%Other