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Dresden: Fire Incidents, Tennessee (TN)

2003 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents

Based on the data from the years 2003 - 2018 the average number of fire incidents per year is 34. The highest number of fires - 64 took place in 2007, and the least - 2 in 2003. The data has a growing trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 5 minutes. This is lower compared to the state median value.


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

Dresden:	5 minutes
Martin:	5 minutes
McKenzie:	6 minutes
Paris:	5 minutes
Union City:	5 minutes
Huntingdon:	7 minutes
Trenton:	6 minutes
Milan:	6 minutes
Murray:	5 minutes

28.7% incidents where reported in the morning and 71.3% in the evening. The most fires (17.3%) took place on Monday, and the least (12.7%) on Tuesday.
According to the 544 incident reports from years 2003 - 2018 most fires (11.0%) took place during February, and the least (5.7%) in November.
Out of all 1,283 cases reported during the years 2003 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Fire (42.4%), Hazardous Condition (32.8%), and Good Intent Call (7.4%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Dresden, TN
• 54442.4%Fire
• 42132.8%Hazardous Condition
• 957.4%Good Intent Call
• 886.9%Rescue & EMS
• 745.8%False Alarm
• 473.7%Service Call
• 70.5%Severe Weather
• 50.4%Overpressure Rupture
• 20.2%Special Incident
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Structure Fires (41.2%), and Outside Fires (39.0%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Dresden, TN
• 22441.2%Structure Fires
• 21239.0%Outside Fires
• 8014.7%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 285.1%Other