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Roscommon: 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 fires per year is 43. The highest number of reported fires - 83 took place in 2002, and the least - 22 in 2017. The data has a decreasing trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 12 minutes. This is higher than the Michigan median value.


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

Roscommon:	12 minutes
Grayling:	13 minutes
Houghton Lake:	8 minutes
Lake City:	11 minutes
Harrison:	14 minutes
Gladwin:	10 minutes
Mancelona:	11 minutes
Gaylord:	10 minutes
Fife Lake:	11 minutes

27.2% incidents where reported in the morning and 72.8% in the evening. The most fires (20.0%) took place on Saturday, and the least (10.4%) on Thursday.
Based on the 731 reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (14.0%) took place during May, and the least (4.2%) in September.
Out of all 6,655 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (59.6%), Hazardous Condition (18.9%), and Fire (11.0%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Roscommon, MI
• 3,96559.6%Rescue & EMS
• 1,25918.9%Hazardous Condition
• 73111.0%Fire
• 2664.0%Service Call
• 2153.2%Good Intent Call
• 1522.3%False Alarm
• 450.7%Severe Weather
• 150.2%Special Incident
• 70.1%Overpressure Rupture
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Structure Fires (50.8%), and Outside Fires (31.1%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Roscommon, MI
• 37150.8%Structure Fires
• 22731.1%Outside Fires
• 8111.1%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 527.1%Other