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Fenton: Fire Incidents, Missouri (MO)

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

According to the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fires per year is 149. The highest number of fires - 258 took place in 2006, and the least - 31 in 2002. The data has an increasing trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 6 minutes. This is close to the Missouri median value.


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

Fenton:	6 minutes
Sunset Hills:	5 minutes
Valley Park:	6 minutes
Kirkwood:	5 minutes
Crestwood:	4 minutes
Manchester:	5 minutes
High Ridge:	6 minutes
Webster Groves:	5 minutes
Affton:	5 minutes

Based on the reports from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly casualties is 0. The highest number of reported casualties - 1 took place in 2003, and the lowest - 0 in 2002. The data has a constant trend. The average number of injuries per 1,000 fire incidents is 3. This indicator was the highest - 10 in 2010, and the lowest 0 in 2002. The trend for casualties per 1,000 incidents is rising. Compared to the state value the number of casualties per 1,000 fires is much lower.



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

Fenton:	2.4
Sunset Hills:	3.4
Valley Park:	4.4
Kirkwood:	3.8
Crestwood:	27.4
Manchester:	10.1
High Ridge:	6.3
Webster Groves:	1.2
Affton:	1.1

32.8% incidents where reported in the morning and 67.2% in the evening. The most fires (15.3%) took place on Saturday, and the least (12.5%) on Tuesday.
According to the 2,537 fire incident reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (11.3%) took place during July, and the least (6.7%) in October.
Out of all 21,553 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (60.8%), Fire (11.8%), and Hazardous Condition (9.0%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Fenton, MO
• 13,09960.8%Rescue & EMS
• 2,53711.8%Fire
• 1,9449.0%Hazardous Condition
• 1,4956.9%Good Intent Call
• 1,2635.9%Service Call
• 1,1385.3%False Alarm
• 330.2%Overpressure Rupture
• 240.1%Severe Weather
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Outside Fires (41.0%), and Structure Fires (35.8%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Fenton, MO
• 1,04041.0%Outside Fires
• 90735.8%Structure Fires
• 40716.0%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 1837.2%Other