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Grand Island: Fire Incidents, Nebraska (NE)

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 153. The highest number of reported fires - 240 took place in 2006, and the least - 65 in 2002. The data has a rising trend.


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

Grand Island:	19.1
Hastings:	42.5
York:	46.1
Kearney:	1.2

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


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

Grand Island:	5 minutes
Hastings:	5 minutes
York:	6 minutes
Kearney:	6 minutes

Based on the reports from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly deaths is 0. The highest number of reported deaths - 3 took place in 2015, and the lowest - 0 in 2002. The data has a constant trend. The average number of fatalities per 1,000 fire incidents is 4. This indicator was the highest - 29 in 2015, and the lowest 0 in 2002. The trend for deaths per 1,000 fire incidents is constant. Compared to the state value the number of fatalities per 1,000 incidents is about the same.


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

Grand Island:

2.7

According to the reports from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly casualties is 2. The highest number of reported injuries - 4 took place in 2004, and the lowest - 0 in 2002. The data has a constant trend. The average number of casualties per 1,000 fire incidents is 11. This indicator was the highest - 32 in 2016, and the lowest 0 in 2002. The trend for casualties per 1,000 fires is constant. Compared to the Nebraska value the number of casualties per 1,000 incidents is about the same.



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

Grand Island:	11.1
Hastings:	16.5
York:	15.0
Kearney:	7.0

28.6% incidents where reported in the morning and 71.4% in the evening. The most fires (16.0%) took place on Thursday, and the least (12.6%) on Monday.
According to the 2,605 fire incidents from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (12.1%) took place during July, and the least (5.4%) in February.
Out of all 22,826 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (68.1%), Fire (11.4%), and Hazardous Condition (7.0%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Grand Island, NE
• 15,53968.1%Rescue & EMS
• 2,60511.4%Fire
• 1,6097.0%Hazardous Condition
• 1,1335.0%Service Call
• 1,0304.5%False Alarm
• 8603.8%Good Intent Call
• 290.1%Special Incident
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Outside Fires (40.7%), and Structure Fires (37.7%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Grand Island, NE
• 1,06040.7%Outside Fires
• 98337.7%Structure Fires
• 45617.5%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 1064.1%Other