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Hotchkiss: Fire Incidents, Colorado (CO)

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 33. The highest number of fires - 51 took place in 2008, and the least - 14 in 2017. The data has an increasing trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 10 minutes. This is higher than the Colorado median value.


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

Hotchkiss:	10 minutes
Montrose:	8 minutes
Clifton:	6 minutes
Parachute:	11 minutes
Grand Junction:	7 minutes
Carbondale:	8 minutes
Rifle:	11 minutes
Glenwood Springs:	7 minutes
Fruita:	11 minutes

31.5% incidents where reported in the morning and 68.5% in the evening. The most fires (16.8%) took place on Monday, and the least (11.6%) on Thursday.
Based on the 558 fire incident reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (18.5%) took place during March, and the least (3.2%) in September.
Out of all 958 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Fire (58.2%), Rescue & EMS (15.8%), and Good Intent Call (10.3%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Hotchkiss, CO
• 55858.2%Fire
• 15115.8%Rescue & EMS
• 9910.3%Good Intent Call
• 959.9%Hazardous Condition
• 232.4%Service Call
• 222.3%False Alarm
• 60.6%Severe Weather
• 30.3%Special Incident
• 10.1%Overpressure Rupture
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Outside Fires (74.9%), and Structure Fires (16.8%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Hotchkiss, CO
• 41874.9%Outside Fires
• 9416.8%Structure Fires
• 397.0%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 71.3%Other