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Fern Creek: Fire Incidents, Kentucky (KY)

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 36. The highest number of fire incidents - 76 took place in 2007, and the least - 0 in 2004. The data has a rising trend.


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

Fern Creek:	25.6
Jeffersontown:	23.4
Okolona:	0.5
Lyndon:	0.9
Hillview:	7.5

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 Fern Creek, KY compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for all years, including only cities with at least 500 fire incidents)

Fern Creek:	5 minutes
Jeffersontown:	5 minutes

26.1% incidents where reported in the morning and 73.9% in the evening. The most fires (17.8%) took place on Friday, and the least (11.7%) on Tuesday.
According to the 606 incident reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (10.2%) took place during March, and the least (6.4%) in July.
Out of all 3,894 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Hazardous Condition (35.7%), Rescue & EMS (19.4%), and Fire (15.6%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Fern Creek, KY
• 1,39135.7%Hazardous Condition
• 75719.4%Rescue & EMS
• 60615.6%Fire
• 45011.6%False Alarm
• 41610.7%Good Intent Call
• 2235.7%Service Call
• 230.6%Severe Weather
• 160.4%Special Incident
• 120.3%Overpressure Rupture
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Outside Fires (39.3%), and Structure Fires (37.1%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Fern Creek, KY
• 23839.3%Outside Fires
• 22537.1%Structure Fires
• 12220.1%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 213.5%Other