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Delton: Fire Incidents, Michigan (MI)

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 43. The highest number of fire incidents - 81 took place in 2018, and the least - 17 in 2002. The data has a growing trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 10 minutes. This is higher compared to the Michigan median value.


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

Delton:	10 minutes
Richland:	6 minutes
Hastings:	10 minutes
Plainwell:	7 minutes
Middleville:	11 minutes
Battle Creek:	5 minutes
Kalamazoo:	4 minutes
Caledonia:	8 minutes
Portage:	5 minutes

27.0% incidents where reported in the morning and 73.0% in the evening. The most fires (17.1%) took place on Saturday, and the least (12.3%) on Thursday.
According to the 732 fires from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (17.3%) took place during April, and the least (4.1%) in September.
Out of all 3,016 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (29.6%), Good Intent Call (26.2%), and Fire (24.3%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Delton, MI
• 89329.6%Rescue & EMS
• 79026.2%Good Intent Call
• 73224.3%Fire
• 41713.8%Hazardous Condition
• 1023.4%Service Call
• 541.8%False Alarm
• 170.6%Special Incident
• 100.3%Severe Weather
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Structure Fires (52.5%), and Outside Fires (34.8%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Delton, MI
• 38452.5%Structure Fires
• 25534.8%Outside Fires
• 598.1%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 344.6%Other