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Dickinson: Fire Incidents, North Dakota (ND)

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 73. The highest number of reported fires - 128 took place in 2014, and the least - 37 in 2002. The data has a rising trend.


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

Dickinson:	42.1
Mandan:	40.0

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 7 minutes. This is close to the North Dakota median value.


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

Dickinson:	7 minutes
New Town:	10 minutes
Sidney:	9 minutes
Mandan:	6 minutes
Glendive:	10 minutes

31.5% incidents where reported in the morning and 68.5% in the evening. The most fires (15.8%) took place on Wednesday, and the least (13.5%) on Tuesday.
According to the 1,247 reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (14.4%) took place during July, and the least (4.8%) in January.
Out of all 5,860 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Good Intent Call (31.0%), Fire (21.3%), and Hazardous Condition (20.0%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Dickinson, ND
• 1,81631.0%Good Intent Call
• 1,24721.3%Fire
• 1,17420.0%Hazardous Condition
• 81313.9%False Alarm
• 4097.0%Service Call
• 3365.7%Rescue & EMS
• 530.9%Special Incident
• 80.1%Overpressure Rupture
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Structure Fires (41.2%), and Outside Fires (40.2%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Dickinson, ND
• 51441.2%Structure Fires
• 50140.2%Outside Fires
• 18815.1%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 443.5%Other