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Northfield: Fire Incidents, Minnesota (MN)

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 64. The highest number of fires - 92 took place in 2002, and the least - 43 in 2014. The data has a dropping trend.


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

Northfield:	30.0
Faribault:	43.5
Farmington:	18.0
Lakeville:	13.6
Rosemount:	14.5
Apple Valley:	16.2
New Prague:	34.0
Burnsville:	19.6
Savage:	9.7

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 8 minutes. This is higher than the state median value.


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

Northfield:	8 minutes
Faribault:	6 minutes
Farmington:	6 minutes
Lakeville:	7 minutes
Apple Valley:	5 minutes
Burnsville:	6 minutes
Savage:	5 minutes
Prior Lake:	4 minutes
Hastings:	6 minutes

According to the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related casualties per year is 2. The highest number of casualties - 8 took place in 2007, and the lowest - 0 in 2003. The data has a constant trend. The average number of casualties per 1,000 fire incidents is 24. This indicator was the highest - 111 in 2007, and the lowest 0 in 2003. The trend for casualties per 1,000 fire incidents is rising. Compared to the Minnesota value the number of injuries per 1,000 incidents is much higher.



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

Northfield:	23.8
Faribault:	0.6
Farmington:	7.8
Lakeville:	10.2
Apple Valley:	18.8
Burnsville:	33.4
Savage:	11.5
Prior Lake:	1.9
Hastings:	10.6

33.5% incidents where reported in the morning and 66.5% in the evening. The most fires (18.0%) took place on Saturday, and the least (12.4%) on Tuesday.
According to the 1,093 incident reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (12.2%) took place during April, and the least (6.0%) in January.
Out of all 2,674 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Fire (40.9%), Hazardous Condition (26.7%), and Good Intent Call (15.6%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Northfield, MN
• 1,09340.9%Fire
• 71326.7%Hazardous Condition
• 41715.6%Good Intent Call
• 38614.4%False Alarm
• 391.5%Service Call
• 170.6%Rescue & EMS
• 50.2%Overpressure Rupture
• 40.1%Severe Weather
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Structure Fires (46.0%), and Outside Fires (33.8%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Northfield, MN
• 50346.0%Structure Fires
• 36933.8%Outside Fires
• 21619.8%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 50.5%Other