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Atlantic: Fire Incidents, Iowa (IA)

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

According to the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire incidents per year is 31. The highest number of reported fires - 62 took place in 2002, and the least - 0 in 2010. The data has a declining trend.


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

Atlantic:	41.9
Harlan:	10.0
Red Oak:	15.6
Creston:	42.5

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 4 minutes. This is lower compared to the state median value.


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

Atlantic:	4 minutes
Red Oak:	6 minutes
Creston:	6 minutes

30.9% incidents where reported in the morning and 69.1% in the evening. The most fires (16.7%) took place on Wednesday, and the least (10.9%) on Friday.
According to the 534 incident reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (14.2%) took place during April, and the least (4.3%) in December.
Out of all 1,462 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Fire (36.5%), Rescue & EMS (24.8%), and Hazardous Condition (13.0%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Atlantic, IA
• 53436.5%Fire
• 36224.8%Rescue & EMS
• 19013.0%Hazardous Condition
• 16111.0%Good Intent Call
• 1006.8%False Alarm
• 614.2%Special Incident
• 523.6%Service Call
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Outside Fires (48.9%), and Structure Fires (25.5%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Atlantic, IA
• 26148.9%Outside Fires
• 13625.5%Structure Fires
• 10519.7%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 326.0%Other