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Buchanan: Fire Incidents, Michigan (MI)

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 44. The highest number of reported fires - 63 took place in 2015, and the least - 23 in 2013. The data has an increasing trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 9 minutes. This is higher compared to the state median value.


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

Buchanan:	9 minutes
Niles:	6 minutes
Berrien Springs:	10 minutes
Notre Dame:	2 minutes
South Bend:	5 minutes
Granger:	6 minutes
Edwardsburg:	11 minutes
Mishawaka:	5 minutes
Dowagiac:	8 minutes

27.9% incidents where reported in the morning and 72.1% in the evening. The most fires (19.0%) took place on Monday, and the least (10.7%) on Thursday.
According to the 748 fire incident reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (12.2%) took place during April, and the least (4.8%) in September.
Out of all 1,940 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Fire (38.6%), Hazardous Condition (32.0%), and Service Call (9.5%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Buchanan, MI
• 74838.6%Fire
• 62032.0%Hazardous Condition
• 1849.5%Service Call
• 1407.2%Good Intent Call
• 1306.7%False Alarm
• 934.8%Rescue & EMS
• 100.5%Severe Weather
• 90.5%Special Incident
• 60.3%Overpressure Rupture
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Structure Fires (55.1%), and Outside Fires (30.6%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Buchanan, MI
• 41255.1%Structure Fires
• 22930.6%Outside Fires
• 7810.4%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 293.9%Other