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Decorah: Fire Incidents, Iowa (IA)

2004 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents

According to the data from the years 2004 - 2018 the average number of fire incidents per year is 34. The highest number of fire incidents - 57 took place in 2009, and the least - 17 in 2015. The data has a growing trend.


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

Decorah:

36.4

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


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

Decorah:

9 minutes

29.8% incidents where reported in the morning and 70.2% in the evening. The most fires (17.8%) took place on Sunday, and the least (12.6%) on Thursday.
Based on the 516 fire incident reports from years 2004 - 2018 most fires (21.1%) took place during April, and the least (4.7%) in February.
Out of all 1,084 cases reported during the years 2004 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Fire (47.6%), Rescue & EMS (13.7%), and Hazardous Condition (11.9%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Decorah, IA
• 51647.6%Fire
• 14913.7%Rescue & EMS
• 12911.9%Hazardous Condition
• 11410.5%Good Intent Call
• 978.9%Service Call
• 656.0%False Alarm
• 60.6%Severe Weather
• 60.6%Special Incident
• 20.2%Overpressure Rupture
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Outside Fires (43.0%), and Structure Fires (40.1%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Decorah, IA
• 22243.0%Outside Fires
• 20740.1%Structure Fires
• 7614.7%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 112.1%Other