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Salem: Fire Incidents, Kentucky (KY)

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

Based on the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fires per year is 15. The highest number of reported fire incidents - 41 took place in 2017, and the least - 1 in 2004. The data has an increasing trend.

29.1% incidents where reported in the morning and 70.9% in the evening. The most fires (17.5%) took place on Saturday, and the least (10.8%) on Thursday.
Based on the 251 fire incidents from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (12.4%) took place during October, and the least (3.2%) in May.
Out of all 637 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Overpressure Rupture (46.3%), Fire (39.4%), and Good Intent Call (4.1%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Salem, KY
• 29546.3%Rescue & EMS
• 25139.4%Fire
• 264.1%False Alarm
• 203.1%Special Incident
• 193.0%Good Intent Call
• 121.9%Hazardous Condition
• 121.9%Service Call
• 20.3%Severe Weather
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Outside Fires (43.8%), and Structure Fires (42.6%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Salem, KY
• 11043.8%Outside Fires
• 10742.6%Structure Fires
• 187.2%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 166.4%Other