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Ortonville: Fire Incidents, Michigan (MI)

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 37. The highest number of reported fires - 48 took place in 2014, and the least - 24 in 2013. The data has a declining trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 7 minutes. This is close to the state median value.


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

Ortonville:	7 minutes
Oxford:	6 minutes
Holly:	8 minutes
Grand Blanc:	8 minutes
Lake Orion:	5 minutes
Davison:	8 minutes
Waterford:	5 minutes
Burton:	8 minutes
Fenton:	8 minutes

Based on the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly casualties is 1. The highest number of casualties - 2 took place in 2003, and the lowest - 0 in 2002. The data has a rising trend. The average number of injuries per 1,000 fires is 14. This indicator was the highest - 53 in 2003, and the lowest 0 in 2002. The trend for casualties per 1,000 fire incidents is increasing. Compared to the state value the number of casualties per 1,000 incidents is higher.



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

Ortonville:	14.2
Oxford:	9.5
Holly:	7.2
Grand Blanc:	9.4
Lake Orion:	4.6
Davison:	19.4
Waterford:	24.0
Burton:	29.0
Fenton:	2.8

25.3% incidents where reported in the morning and 74.7% in the evening. The most fires (16.3%) took place on Tuesday, and the least (11.4%) on Friday.
Based on the 632 reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (21.0%) took place during April, and the least (5.1%) in September.
Out of all 6,552 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (52.3%), Hazardous Condition (16.1%), and Service Call (11.5%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Ortonville, MI
• 3,42652.3%Rescue & EMS
• 1,05616.1%Hazardous Condition
• 75111.5%Service Call
• 6329.6%Fire
• 4446.8%Good Intent Call
• 2063.1%False Alarm
• 310.5%Special Incident
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Structure Fires (44.6%), and Outside Fires (35.6%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Ortonville, MI
• 28244.6%Structure Fires
• 22535.6%Outside Fires
• 10716.9%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 182.8%Other