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Kent: Fire Incidents, Ohio (OH)

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 127. The highest number of reported fires - 230 took place in 2005, and the least - 55 in 2014. The data has a decreasing trend.


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

Kent:	26.5
Munroe Falls:	12.6
Stow:	18.6
Tallmadge:	28.1
Ravenna:	117.4
Streetsboro:	35.3
Cuyahoga Falls:	24.9
Hudson:	12.2
Akron:	43.8

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 6 minutes. This is comparable to the state median value.


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

Kent:	6 minutes
Brimfield:	6 minutes
Stow:	5 minutes
Tallmadge:	5 minutes
Ravenna:	7 minutes
Streetsboro:	6 minutes
Mogadore:	6 minutes
Cuyahoga Falls:	4 minutes
Hudson:	6 minutes

Based on the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related casualties per year is 2. The highest number of reported casualties - 4 took place in 2011, and the lowest - 0 in 2007. The data has a constant trend. The average number of injuries per 1,000 fire incidents is 15. This indicator was the highest - 53 in 2011, and the lowest 0 in 2007. The trend for injuries per 1,000 incidents is growing. Compared to the state value the number of injuries per 1,000 incidents is similar.



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

Kent:	12.9
Brimfield:	3.9
Stow:	43.1
Tallmadge:	23.7
Ravenna:	13.2
Streetsboro:	10.4
Mogadore:	10.3
Cuyahoga Falls:	41.0
Hudson:	1.6

49.3% incidents where reported in the morning and 50.7% in the evening. The most fires (20.8%) took place on Sunday, and the least (11.1%) on Thursday.
Based on the 2,165 fire incident reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (12.4%) took place during August, and the least (5.5%) in January.
Out of all 22,153 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (62.7%), Hazardous Condition (10.7%), and Fire (9.8%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Kent, OH
• 13,89862.7%Rescue & EMS
• 2,36410.7%Hazardous Condition
• 2,1659.8%Fire
• 1,4036.3%Service Call
• 1,1525.2%Good Intent Call
• 1,0784.9%False Alarm
• 530.2%Severe Weather
• 240.1%Overpressure Rupture
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Outside Fires (46.3%), and Structure Fires (44.3%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Kent, OH
• 1,00246.3%Outside Fires
• 95944.3%Structure Fires
• 1959.0%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 90.4%Other