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Mitchell: Fire Incidents, Indiana (IN)

2002 - 2016 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents

According to the data from the years 2002 - 2016 the average number of fire incidents per year is 47. The highest number of reported fire incidents - 103 took place in 2006, and the least - 6 in 2002. The data has a growing trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 10 minutes. This is higher compared to the Indiana median value.


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

Mitchell:	10 minutes
Bedford:	7 minutes
Salem:	7 minutes
Bloomington:	5 minutes
Bloomfield:	10 minutes
Jasper:	5 minutes
Nashville:	12 minutes
Seymour:	4 minutes
Ellettsville:	6 minutes

30.7% incidents where reported in the morning and 69.3% in the evening. The most fires (16.9%) took place on Wednesday, and the least (10.2%) on Tuesday.
Based on the 706 incident reports from years 2002 - 2016 most fires (11.8%) took place during April, and the least (5.8%) in August.
Out of all 1,806 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2016, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (40.6%), Fire (39.1%), and Hazardous Condition (8.7%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Mitchell, IN
• 73340.6%Rescue & EMS
• 70639.1%Fire
• 1578.7%Hazardous Condition
• 1307.2%Good Intent Call
• 613.4%Service Call
• 130.7%False Alarm
• 30.2%Special Incident
• 20.1%Overpressure Rupture
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Outside Fires (43.1%), and Structure Fires (37.4%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Mitchell, IN
• 30443.1%Outside Fires
• 26437.4%Structure Fires
• 9313.2%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 456.4%Other