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Dexter: 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 fire incidents per year is 44. The highest number of fire incidents - 84 took place in 2017, and the least - 13 in 2005. The data has a dropping trend.

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


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

Dexter:	8 minutes
Chelsea:	8 minutes
Ann Arbor:	5 minutes
Whitmore Lake:	8 minutes
Pinckney:	8 minutes
Saline:	6 minutes
Brighton:	8 minutes
South Lyon:	7 minutes
Ypsilanti:	5 minutes

24.9% incidents where reported in the morning and 75.1% in the evening. The most fires (16.6%) took place on Thursday, and the least (11.5%) on Tuesday.
Based on the 754 incident reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (14.3%) took place during April, and the least (4.9%) in November.
Out of all 6,652 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (41.4%), Good Intent Call (17.4%), and Hazardous Condition (13.1%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Dexter, MI
• 2,75241.4%Rescue & EMS
• 1,15717.4%Good Intent Call
• 87213.1%Hazardous Condition
• 75411.3%Fire
• 5958.9%Service Call
• 4036.1%False Alarm
• 931.4%Special Incident
• 140.2%Severe Weather
• 120.2%Overpressure Rupture
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Structure Fires (46.3%), and Outside Fires (38.3%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Dexter, MI
• 34946.3%Structure Fires
• 28938.3%Outside Fires
• 7610.1%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 405.3%Other