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Burlington: Fire Incidents, Kansas (KS)

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

Based on the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire incidents per year is 37. The highest number of fire incidents - 95 took place in 2006, and the least - 0 in 2010. The data has a declining trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 10 minutes. This is higher compared to the Kansas median value.


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

Burlington:	10 minutes
Yates Center:	10 minutes
Iola:	6 minutes
Garnett:	10 minutes
Emporia:	6 minutes
Lyndon:	10 minutes
Osage City:	10 minutes
Burlingame:	12 minutes
Ottawa:	5 minutes

20.3% incidents where reported in the morning and 79.7% in the evening. The most fires (17.1%) took place on Saturday, and the least (11.7%) on Wednesday.
According to the 625 fire incident reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (26.2%) took place during March, and the least (2.4%) in May.
Out of all 1,204 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Fire (51.9%), Hazardous Condition (19.8%), and Rescue & EMS (13.2%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Burlington, KS
• 62551.9%Fire
• 23819.8%Hazardous Condition
• 15913.2%Rescue & EMS
• 1169.6%Good Intent Call
• 302.5%False Alarm
• 282.3%Service Call
• 50.4%Severe Weather
• 20.2%Overpressure Rupture
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Outside Fires (74.2%), and Structure Fires (13.3%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Burlington, KS
• 46474.2%Outside Fires
• 8313.3%Structure Fires
• 7011.2%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 81.3%Other