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Kansas City: Fire Incidents, Kansas (KS)

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

Based on the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fires per year is 659. The highest number of fires - 1,025 took place in 2002, and the least - 73 in 2007. The data has a decreasing trend.


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

Kansas City:	42.0
Roeland Park:	22.9
Mission:	28.1
Merriam:	38.7
Shawnee:	23.6
Prairie Village:	14.3
Lenexa:	30.4
Bonner Springs:	50.3
Overland Park:	21.0

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 5 minutes. This is lower than the Kansas median value.


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

Kansas City:	5 minutes
Merriam:	5 minutes
Shawnee:	6 minutes
Lenexa:	5 minutes
Bonner Springs:	8 minutes
Overland Park:	6 minutes
Leawood:	5 minutes
Basehor:	7 minutes
Lansing:	6 minutes

According to the reports from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related fatalities per year is 3. The highest number of reported deaths - 6 took place in 2003, and the lowest - 0 in 2007. The data has a decreasing trend. The average number of deaths per 1,000 fire incidents is 4. This indicator was the highest - 8 in 2004, and the lowest 0 in 2007. The trend for fatalities per 1,000 fires is rising. Compared to the Kansas value the number of deaths per 1,000 fire incidents is higher.


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

Kansas City:	4.0
Lenexa:	2.4
Overland Park:	3.3
Olathe:	2.9
Leavenworth:	1.6

Based on the reports from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly casualties is 9. The highest number of casualties - 41 took place in 2005, and the lowest - 0 in 2007. The data has a decreasing trend. The average number of casualties per 1,000 fires is 12. This indicator was the highest - 59 in 2005, and the lowest 0 in 2007. The trend for casualties per 1,000 incidents is growing. Compared to the state value the number of casualties per 1,000 fires is higher.



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

Kansas City:	13.3
Merriam:	9.6
Shawnee:	18.6
Lenexa:	17.0
Bonner Springs:	5.5
Overland Park:	25.7
Leawood:	8.3
Basehor:	1.1
Lansing:	18.6

39.1% incidents where reported in the morning and 60.9% in the evening. The most fires (15.0%) took place on Monday, and the least (13.3%) on Tuesday.
According to the 11,199 reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (11.8%) took place during July, and the least (6.9%) in September.
Out of all 159,581 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (67.2%), Service Call (9.2%), and Fire (7.0%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Kansas City, KS
• 107,22067.2%Rescue & EMS
• 14,7089.2%Service Call
• 11,1997.0%Fire
• 10,8686.8%Good Intent Call
• 8,2735.2%False Alarm
• 7,0764.4%Hazardous Condition
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Structure Fires (40.3%), and Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires (30.8%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Kansas City, KS
• 4,51840.3%Structure Fires
• 3,45030.8%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 2,94926.3%Outside Fires
• 2822.5%Other