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Bozeman: Fire Incidents, Montana (MT)

2002 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents

Based on the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fires per year is 117. The highest number of fire incidents - 281 took place in 2007, and the least - 17 in 2010. The data has a rising trend.


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

Bozeman:	25.8
Belgrade:	72.7
Livingston:	98.5
Butte:	52.7
Helena:	42.2

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


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

Bozeman:	11 minutes
Belgrade:	11 minutes
Livingston:	8 minutes
Three Forks:	17 minutes
Butte:	4 minutes
Helena:	8 minutes

31.1% incidents where reported in the morning and 68.9% in the evening. The most fires (15.7%) took place on Tuesday, and the least (11.9%) on Monday.
Based on the 1,992 incident reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (14.4%) took place during July, and the least (4.9%) in February.
Out of all 17,446 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (48.6%), Good Intent Call (15.1%), and Hazardous Condition (12.6%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Bozeman, MT
• 8,47948.6%Rescue & EMS
• 2,63415.1%Good Intent Call
• 2,19912.6%Hazardous Condition
• 1,99211.4%Fire
• 1,2817.3%False Alarm
• 8254.7%Service Call
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Structure Fires (41.9%), and Outside Fires (34.8%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Bozeman, MT
• 83541.9%Structure Fires
• 69334.8%Outside Fires
• 28614.4%Other
• 1788.9%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires