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Rochester: Fire Incidents, Minnesota (MN)

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

According to the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fires per year is 218. The highest number of fire incidents - 316 took place in 2003, and the least - 140 in 2011. The data has a decreasing trend.


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

Rochester:	15.9
Byron:	25.0
Stewartville:	14.9
Kasson:	22.0
Austin:	22.3
Red Wing:	14.4
Owatonna:	24.8

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 6 minutes. This is similar to the Minnesota median value.


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

Rochester:	6 minutes
Austin:	5 minutes
Red Wing:	4 minutes
Owatonna:	5 minutes

According to the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related fatalities per year is 1. The highest number of reported deaths - 4 took place in 2016, and the lowest - 0 in 2002. The data has a constant trend. The average number of fatalities per 1,000 fire incidents is 3. This indicator was the highest - 20 in 2016, and the lowest 0 in 2002. The trend for fatalities per 1,000 fires is constant. Compared to the Minnesota value the number of deaths per 1,000 fires is similar.


Deaths per 1,000 incidents in Rochester, MN compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for all years, including only cities with at least 2,500 fire incidents)

Rochester:

3.2

Based on the reports from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related casualties per year is 3. The highest number of reported injuries - 8 took place in 2006, and the lowest - 0 in 2005. The data has a decreasing trend. The average number of casualties per 1,000 fires is 15. This indicator was the highest - 43 in 2011, and the lowest 0 in 2005. The trend for casualties per 1,000 fire incidents is decreasing. Compared to the state value the number of casualties per 1,000 fire incidents is higher.



Casualties per 1,000 incidents in Rochester, MN compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for all years, including only cities with at least 500 fire incidents)

Rochester:	15.1
Austin:	18.9
Red Wing:	10.0
Owatonna:	14.4

29.3% incidents where reported in the morning and 70.7% in the evening. The most fires (15.5%) took place on Sunday, and the least (13.6%) on Saturday.
Based on the 3,706 fires from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (10.4%) took place during May, and the least (5.5%) in February.
Out of all 56,189 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (57.6%), Good Intent Call (12.1%), and False Alarm (8.8%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Rochester, MN
• 32,37157.6%Rescue & EMS
• 6,82212.1%Good Intent Call
• 4,9378.8%False Alarm
• 4,7198.4%Service Call
• 3,7066.6%Fire
• 3,5416.3%Hazardous Condition
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Structure Fires (49.9%), and Outside Fires (27.1%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Rochester, MN
• 1,84849.9%Structure Fires
• 1,00627.1%Outside Fires
• 69618.8%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 1564.2%Other