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Kearns: Fire Incidents, Utah (UT)

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 70. The highest number of fire incidents - 118 took place in 2003, and the least - 13 in 2010. The data has a rising trend.


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

Kearns:	20.0
West Valley City:	29.0
Taylorsville:	20.8
West Jordan:	11.0
Magna:	32.1
Murray:	32.0
South Jordan:	9.0
Midvale:	27.1
South Salt Lake:	44.9

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 7 minutes. This is about the same as the Utah median value.


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

Kearns:	7 minutes
West Valley City:	6 minutes
Taylorsville:	7 minutes
West Jordan:	6 minutes
Magna:	8 minutes
Murray:	6 minutes
South Jordan:	7 minutes
Midvale:	6 minutes
South Salt Lake:	6 minutes

Based on the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly casualties is 1. The highest number of reported injuries - 6 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 10. This indicator was the highest - 51 in 2003, and the lowest 0 in 2002. The trend for casualties per 1,000 fires is constant. Compared to the Utah value the number of casualties per 1,000 incidents is higher.



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

Kearns:	13.4
West Valley City:	25.5
Taylorsville:	8.6
West Jordan:	14.4
Magna:	3.4
Murray:	5.4
South Jordan:	10.1
Midvale:	13.4
South Salt Lake:	7.7

29.6% incidents where reported in the morning and 70.4% in the evening. The most fires (16.8%) took place on Saturday, and the least (12.9%) on Thursday.
Based on the 1,193 incident reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (18.8%) took place during July, and the least (4.9%) in February.
Out of all 12,567 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (71.2%), Fire (9.5%), and Good Intent Call (7.4%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Kearns, UT
• 8,94871.2%Rescue & EMS
• 1,1939.5%Fire
• 9247.4%Good Intent Call
• 5264.2%Hazardous Condition
• 5144.1%False Alarm
• 4333.4%Service Call
• 170.1%Special Incident
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Structure Fires (45.9%), and Outside Fires (37.6%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Kearns, UT
• 54745.9%Structure Fires
• 44837.6%Outside Fires
• 13010.9%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 685.7%Other