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Cottondale: Fire Incidents, Florida (FL)

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 44. The highest number of fires - 88 took place in 2016, and the least - 14 in 2007. The data has a dropping trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 10 minutes. This is higher than the state median value.


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

Cottondale:	10 minutes
Marianna:	7 minutes
Chipley:	10 minutes
Graceville:	10 minutes
Bonifay:	8 minutes
Westville:	10 minutes
Dothan:	5 minutes
Blountstown:	4 minutes
Geneva:	9 minutes

36.2% incidents where reported in the morning and 63.8% in the evening. The most fires (19.1%) took place on Saturday, and the least (11.0%) on Thursday.
According to the 743 fires from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (13.1%) took place during January, and the least (3.1%) in September.
Out of all 2,560 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (54.8%), Fire (29.0%), and Good Intent Call (8.7%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Cottondale, FL
• 1,40354.8%Rescue & EMS
• 74329.0%Fire
• 2238.7%Good Intent Call
• 813.2%Hazardous Condition
• 542.1%False Alarm
• 381.5%Service Call
• 90.4%Special Incident
• 50.2%Severe Weather
• 40.2%Overpressure Rupture
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Outside Fires (43.1%), and Structure Fires (33.4%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Cottondale, FL
• 32043.1%Outside Fires
• 24833.4%Structure Fires
• 13518.2%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 405.4%Other