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Keokuk: Fire Incidents, Iowa (IA)

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

Based on the data from the years 2002 - 2017 the average number of fire incidents per year is 42. The highest number of reported fires - 91 took place in 2012, and the least - 0 in 2006. The data has an increasing trend.


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

Keokuk:	35.9
Fort Madison:	37.6
Burlington:	38.0

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 4 minutes. This is lower than the Iowa median value.


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

Keokuk:	4 minutes
Fort Madison:	3 minutes
Burlington:	5 minutes
Quincy:	4 minutes
Macomb:	5 minutes

31.5% incidents where reported in the morning and 68.5% in the evening. The most fires (16.6%) took place on Tuesday, and the least (11.3%) on Monday.
Based on the 670 fires from years 2002 - 2017 most fires (11.2%) took place during January, and the least (6.4%) in February.
Out of all 5,326 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2017, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (52.5%), Service Call (13.9%), and Fire (12.6%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Keokuk, IA
• 2,79852.5%Rescue & EMS
• 74213.9%Service Call
• 67012.6%Fire
• 56210.6%Hazardous Condition
• 2655.0%False Alarm
• 2174.1%Good Intent Call
• 601.1%Special Incident
• 80.2%Overpressure Rupture
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Structure Fires (38.8%), and Outside Fires (36.6%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Keokuk, IA
• 26038.8%Structure Fires
• 24536.6%Outside Fires
• 8813.1%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 7711.5%Other