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Dayton: Fire Incidents, Tennessee (TN)

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

Based on the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fires per year is 59. The highest number of fires - 152 took place in 2016, and the least - 4 in 2003. The data has a growing trend.


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

Dayton:	153.7
Sale Creek:	8.3
Dunlap:	113.1
Athens:	121.5
Cleveland:	116.6
Harrison:	9.9
Collegedale:	15.5
Red Bank:	2.5
Signal Mountain:	64.2

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


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

Dayton:	4 minutes
Decatur:	10 minutes
Pikeville:	12 minutes
Riceville:	11 minutes
Calhoun:	5 minutes
Dunlap:	13 minutes
Athens:	6 minutes
Cleveland:	6 minutes
Niota:	10 minutes

According to the reports from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly deaths is 0. The highest number of reported deaths - 1 took place in 2004, and the lowest - 0 in 2002. The data has a constant trend.

According to the reports from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly casualties is 2. The highest number of reported injuries - 15 took place in 2014, and the lowest - 0 in 2003. The data has a growing trend. The average number of casualties per 1,000 fires is 30. This indicator was the highest - 130 in 2014, and the lowest 0 in 2003. The trend for casualties per 1,000 fire incidents is decreasing. Compared to the state value the number of casualties per 1,000 fires is much higher.



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

Dayton:	39.9
Decatur:	4.3
Pikeville:	7.4
Riceville:	6.9
Calhoun:	0.0
Dunlap:	2.6
Athens:	11.7
Cleveland:	8.7
Niota:	0.0

33.6% incidents where reported in the morning and 66.4% in the evening. The most fires (15.5%) took place on Thursday, and the least (12.6%) on Wednesday.
Based on the 1,002 incident reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (11.9%) took place during November, and the least (6.8%) in May.
Out of all 5,757 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (46.4%), Fire (17.4%), and False Alarm (9.6%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Dayton, TN
• 2,67146.4%Rescue & EMS
• 1,00217.4%Fire
• 5549.6%False Alarm
• 5329.2%Service Call
• 5098.8%Hazardous Condition
• 4197.3%Good Intent Call
• 591.0%Severe Weather
• 80.1%Special Incident
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Structure Fires (49.4%), and Outside Fires (32.4%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Dayton, TN
• 49549.4%Structure Fires
• 32532.4%Outside Fires
• 16416.4%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 181.8%Other