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Duluth: Fire Incidents, Minnesota (MN)

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 402. The highest number of fire incidents - 527 took place in 2006, and the least - 273 in 2017. The data has a dropping trend.


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

Duluth:	32.7
Hermantown:	36.4
Cloquet:	44.7
Virginia:	50.9

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


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

Duluth:	5 minutes
Hermantown:	7 minutes
Cloquet:	5 minutes
Eveleth:	12 minutes
Virginia:	5 minutes

According to the reports from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related fatalities per year is 1. The highest number of reported deaths - 5 took place in 2008, and the lowest - 0 in 2004. The data has a constant trend. The average number of fatalities per 1,000 fires is 4. This indicator was the highest - 11 in 2008, and the lowest 0 in 2004. The trend for fatalities per 1,000 fires is growing. Compared to the Minnesota value the number of fatalities per 1,000 fire incidents is higher.


Deaths per 1,000 incidents in Duluth, MN compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for all years, including only cities with at least 2,500 fire incidents)

Duluth:

3.5

Based on the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly casualties is 6. The highest number of reported injuries - 16 took place in 2002, and the lowest - 0 in 2015. The data has a declining trend. The average number of injuries per 1,000 fire incidents is 15. This indicator was the highest - 33 in 2002, and the lowest 0 in 2015. The trend for injuries per 1,000 fires is dropping. Compared to the state value the number of casualties per 1,000 incidents is higher.



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

Duluth:	15.5
Hermantown:	5.3
Cloquet:	23.9
Eveleth:	1.3
Virginia:	15.3

32.4% incidents where reported in the morning and 67.6% in the evening. The most fires (15.7%) took place on Sunday, and the least (13.0%) on Thursday.
According to the 6,841 incident reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (12.0%) took place during April, and the least (6.3%) in February.
Out of all 76,421 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (46.6%), Good Intent Call (21.1%), and Service Call (9.5%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Duluth, MN
• 35,61046.6%Rescue & EMS
• 16,15821.1%Good Intent Call
• 7,2779.5%Service Call
• 6,8419.0%Fire
• 5,4967.2%Hazardous Condition
• 4,7526.2%False Alarm
• 1240.2%Overpressure Rupture
• 1190.2%Special Incident
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Structure Fires (44.6%), and Outside Fires (35.2%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Duluth, MN
• 3,05244.6%Structure Fires
• 2,40635.2%Outside Fires
• 1,12916.5%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 2543.7%Other