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Ottawa: Fire Incidents, Ohio (OH)

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

Based on the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire incidents per year is 35. The highest number of reported fires - 50 took place in 2011, and the least - 18 in 2012. The data has a constant trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 7 minutes. This is about the same as the Ohio median value.


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

Ottawa:	7 minutes
Elida:	6 minutes
Lima:	4 minutes
Delphos:	5 minutes
Findlay:	6 minutes
Harrod:	8 minutes
Defiance:	8 minutes
Napoleon:	7 minutes
Paulding:	12 minutes

29.9% incidents where reported in the morning and 70.1% in the evening. The most fires (16.8%) took place on Monday, and the least (11.9%) on Wednesday.
According to the 588 fire incidents from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (12.2%) took place during July, and the least (5.1%) in May.
Out of all 1,731 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Fire (34.0%), Hazardous Condition (25.8%), and Rescue & EMS (22.3%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Ottawa, OH
• 58834.0%Fire
• 44625.8%Hazardous Condition
• 38622.3%Rescue & EMS
• 1317.6%Good Intent Call
• 975.6%Service Call
• 412.4%False Alarm
• 211.2%Special Incident
• 120.7%Overpressure Rupture
• 90.5%Severe Weather
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Structure Fires (52.6%), and Outside Fires (33.5%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Ottawa, OH
• 30952.6%Structure Fires
• 19733.5%Outside Fires
• 6010.2%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 223.7%Other