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Prescott: 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 30. The highest number of reported fires - 44 took place in 2008, and the least - 15 in 2018. The data has a dropping trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 11 minutes. This is higher compared to the state median value.


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

Prescott:	11 minutes
Pinconning:	11 minutes
Gladwin:	10 minutes
Beaverton:	12 minutes
Roscommon:	12 minutes
Essexville:	6 minutes
Houghton Lake:	8 minutes
Bay City:	5 minutes
Sanford:	8 minutes

34.6% incidents where reported in the morning and 65.4% in the evening. The most fires (17.1%) took place on Thursday, and the least (12.2%) on Friday.
Based on the 509 incident reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (14.3%) took place during April, and the least (4.1%) in September.
Out of all 960 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Fire (53.0%), Rescue & EMS (31.0%), and Good Intent Call (6.4%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Prescott, MI
• 50953.0%Fire
• 29831.0%Hazardous Condition
• 616.4%False Alarm
• 575.9%Rescue & EMS
• 192.0%Good Intent Call
• 101.0%Service Call
• 30.3%Severe Weather
• 30.3%Special Incident
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Structure Fires (60.3%), and Outside Fires (29.1%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Prescott, MI
• 30760.3%Structure Fires
• 14829.1%Outside Fires
• 438.4%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 112.2%Other