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Clear Lake: Fire Incidents, Iowa (IA)

2002 - 2017 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents

According to the data from the years 2002 - 2017 the average number of fires per year is 36. The highest number of reported fires - 54 took place in 2004, and the least - 12 in 2007. The data has a declining trend.


The average number of yearly fire incidents per 10k residents in Clear Lake, IA compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for the last 3 years, including only cities with population 5,000 and above)

Clear Lake:	38.4
Mason City:	26.2

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 8 minutes. This is higher compared to the Iowa median value.


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

Clear Lake:	8 minutes
Mason City:	5 minutes

According to the reports from the years 2002 - 2017 the average number of fire-related yearly casualties is 1. The highest number of casualties - 4 took place in 2004, and the lowest - 0 in 2002. The data has a constant trend. The average number of injuries per 1,000 fires is 15. This indicator was the highest - 74 in 2004, and the lowest 0 in 2002. The trend for casualties per 1,000 fire incidents is constant. Compared to the Iowa value the number of casualties per 1,000 fire incidents is higher.



Casualties per 1,000 incidents in Clear Lake, IA compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for all years, including only cities with at least 500 fire incidents)

Clear Lake:	17.2
Mason City:	21.7

32.0% incidents where reported in the morning and 68.0% in the evening. The most fires (15.6%) took place on Thursday, and the least (12.5%) on Tuesday.
Based on the 582 fires from years 2002 - 2017 most fires (12.7%) took place during April, and the least (3.8%) in December.
Out of all 4,552 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2017, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (59.3%), Fire (12.8%), and Hazardous Condition (10.5%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Clear Lake, IA
• 2,70159.3%Rescue & EMS
• 58212.8%Fire
• 47610.5%Hazardous Condition
• 2786.1%False Alarm
• 2685.9%Good Intent Call
• 2385.2%Service Call
• 60.1%Severe Weather
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Structure Fires (39.9%), and Outside Fires (36.1%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Clear Lake, IA
• 23239.9%Structure Fires
• 21036.1%Outside Fires
• 13423.0%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 61.0%Other