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Caledonia: 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 fires per year is 42. The highest number of reported fire incidents - 77 took place in 2018, and the least - 19 in 2010. The data has a growing trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 8 minutes. This is higher than the state median value.


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

Caledonia:	8 minutes
Middleville:	11 minutes
Kentwood:	5 minutes
Byron Center:	8 minutes
Wyoming:	6 minutes
Lowell:	8 minutes
Grand Rapids:	5 minutes
Grandville:	4 minutes
Hastings:	10 minutes

According to the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related casualties per year is 0. The highest number of reported casualties - 2 took place in 2014, and the lowest - 0 in 2002. The data has a constant trend. The average number of injuries per 1,000 fires is 8. This indicator was the highest - 67 in 2014, and the lowest 0 in 2002. The trend for casualties per 1,000 incidents is constant. Compared to the state value the number of injuries per 1,000 fires is lower.



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

Caledonia:	7.0
Middleville:	5.9
Kentwood:	34.5
Byron Center:	0.0
Wyoming:	36.2
Lowell:	2.5
Grand Rapids:	15.0
Grandville:	28.7
Hastings:	9.6

34.2% incidents where reported in the morning and 65.8% in the evening. The most fires (16.3%) took place on Monday, and the least (10.3%) on Thursday.
Based on the 719 fires from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (15.9%) took place during April, and the least (4.0%) in January.
Out of all 6,175 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (55.7%), Fire (11.6%), and Good Intent Call (10.2%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Caledonia, MI
• 3,44155.7%Rescue & EMS
• 71911.6%Fire
• 62910.2%Good Intent Call
• 6129.9%Hazardous Condition
• 4026.5%Service Call
• 3145.1%False Alarm
• 400.6%Severe Weather
• 150.2%Overpressure Rupture
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Structure Fires (51.2%), and Outside Fires (26.7%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Caledonia, MI
• 36851.2%Structure Fires
• 19226.7%Outside Fires
• 12517.4%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 344.7%Other