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Columbus: Fire Incidents, Nebraska (NE)

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

Based on the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire incidents per year is 58. The highest number of fire incidents - 107 took place in 2012, and the least - 1 in 2016. The data has a decreasing trend.


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

Columbus:	2.1
Seward:	2.8
York:	46.1
Norfolk:	31.2

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 5 minutes. This is lower than the Nebraska median value.


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

Columbus:	5 minutes
York:	6 minutes
Norfolk:	6 minutes

According to the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly casualties is 0. The highest number of reported casualties - 2 took place in 2008, and the lowest - 0 in 2002. The data has a constant trend. The average number of casualties per 1,000 fire incidents is 5. This indicator was the highest - 22 in 2008, and the lowest 0 in 2002. The trend for casualties per 1,000 fires is dropping. Compared to the state value the number of injuries per 1,000 fire incidents is lower.



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

Columbus:	7.1
York:	15.0
Norfolk:	28.8

29.9% incidents where reported in the morning and 70.1% in the evening. The most fires (15.6%) took place on Monday, and the least (12.0%) on Tuesday.
Based on the 982 incident reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (11.7%) took place during July, and the least (5.8%) in December.
Out of all 1,654 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Fire (59.4%), Hazardous Condition (15.7%), and False Alarm (9.1%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Columbus, NE
• 98259.4%Fire
• 25915.7%Hazardous Condition
• 1519.1%False Alarm
• 1056.3%Good Intent Call
• 895.4%Service Call
• 472.8%Rescue & EMS
• 110.7%Overpressure Rupture
• 70.4%Special Incident
• 30.2%Severe Weather
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Outside Fires (49.6%), and Structure Fires (25.1%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Columbus, NE
• 48749.6%Outside Fires
• 24625.1%Structure Fires
• 17217.5%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 777.8%Other