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McDowell: Fire Incidents, Kentucky (KY)

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

According to the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire incidents per year is 13. The highest number of reported fires - 25 took place in 2005, and the least - 3 in 2017. The data has a declining trend.

37.2% incidents where reported in the morning and 62.8% in the evening. The most fires (18.6%) took place on Saturday, and the least (10.2%) on Thursday.
According to the 226 fire incidents from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (15.5%) took place during November, and the least (4.0%) in September.
Out of all 376 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Fire (60.1%), Rescue & EMS (29.3%), and Good Intent Call (4.0%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in McDowell, KY
• 22660.1%Fire
• 11029.3%Rescue & EMS
• 154.0%Good Intent Call
• 143.7%Hazardous Condition
• 41.1%Overpressure Rupture
• 30.8%Service Call
• 30.8%False Alarm
• 10.3%Severe Weather
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Structure Fires (54.4%), and Outside Fires (27.0%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in McDowell, KY
• 12354.4%Structure Fires
• 6127.0%Outside Fires
• 3214.2%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 104.4%Other