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Rossville: Fire Incidents, Georgia (GA)

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 169. The highest number of reported fire incidents - 230 took place in 2004, and the least - 111 in 2005. The data has a declining trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 9 minutes. This is higher than the state median value.


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

Rossville:	9 minutes
Fort Oglethorpe:	6 minutes
Chickamauga:	11 minutes
Ringgold:	9 minutes
Rock Spring:	8 minutes
Trenton:	9 minutes
Dalton:	5 minutes
Trion:	9 minutes
Chatsworth:	7 minutes

Based on the reports from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly deaths is 0. The highest number of deaths - 2 took place in 2018, and the lowest - 0 in 2002. The data has an increasing trend. The average number of fatalities per 1,000 fire incidents is 3. This indicator was the highest - 17 in 2018, and the lowest 0 in 2002. The trend for fatalities per 1,000 incidents is increasing. Compared to the state value the number of deaths per 1,000 fire incidents is higher.


Deaths per 1,000 incidents in Rossville, GA compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for all years, including only cities with at least 2,500 fire incidents)

Rossville:	2.8
Ringgold:	1.7
Dalton:	3.3

According to the reports from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related casualties per year is 3. The highest number of reported injuries - 6 took place in 2004, and the lowest - 0 in 2003. The data has an increasing trend. The average number of casualties per 1,000 fire incidents is 15. This indicator was the highest - 38 in 2009, and the lowest 0 in 2003. The trend for injuries per 1,000 fire incidents is growing. Compared to the state value the number of injuries per 1,000 incidents is higher.



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

Rossville:	15.0
Fort Oglethorpe:	15.2
Chickamauga:	14.2
Ringgold:	3.5
Rock Spring:	11.3
Trenton:	1.3
Dalton:	18.1
Trion:	2.4
Chatsworth:	4.1

28.2% incidents where reported in the morning and 71.8% in the evening. The most fires (15.8%) took place on Saturday, and the least (13.4%) on Tuesday.
Based on the 2,872 reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (9.9%) took place during March, and the least (7.6%) in January.
Out of all 16,552 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (44.7%), Fire (17.4%), and Good Intent Call (16.4%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Rossville, GA
• 7,39244.7%Rescue & EMS
• 2,87217.4%Fire
• 2,71616.4%Good Intent Call
• 1,87411.3%Service Call
• 1,1627.0%Hazardous Condition
• 4212.5%False Alarm
• 730.4%Special Incident
• 280.2%Severe Weather
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Outside Fires (48.2%), and Structure Fires (37.3%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Rossville, GA
• 1,38548.2%Outside Fires
• 1,07037.3%Structure Fires
• 33711.7%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 802.8%Other