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Huntsville: Fire Incidents, Tennessee (TN)

2003 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents

Based on the data from the years 2003 - 2018 the average number of fires per year is 34. The highest number of reported fires - 73 took place in 2007, and the least - 4 in 2003. The data has a rising trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 12 minutes. This is higher than the state median value.


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

Huntsville:	12 minutes
Oneida:	10 minutes
Caryville:	10 minutes
Jamestown:	6 minutes
Oliver Springs:	10 minutes
Williamsburg:	10 minutes
Clinton:	5 minutes
Andersonville:	11 minutes
Oak Ridge:	4 minutes

28.0% incidents where reported in the morning and 72.0% in the evening. The most fires (17.7%) took place on Tuesday, and the least (12.4%) on Sunday.
Based on the 542 reports from years 2003 - 2018 most fires (17.5%) took place during March, and the least (4.2%) in August.
Out of all 980 cases reported during the years 2003 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Fire (55.3%), Hazardous Condition (18.0%), and Rescue & EMS (10.2%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Huntsville, TN
• 54255.3%Fire
• 17618.0%Hazardous Condition
• 10010.2%Rescue & EMS
• 868.8%Good Intent Call
• 373.8%False Alarm
• 363.7%Service Call
• 10.1%Overpressure Rupture
• 10.1%Severe Weather
• 10.1%Special Incident
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Outside Fires (40.0%), and Structure Fires (37.1%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Huntsville, TN
• 21740.0%Outside Fires
• 20137.1%Structure Fires
• 6912.7%Other
• 5510.1%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires