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Emporia: Fire Incidents, Kansas (KS)

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

Based on the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire incidents per year is 137. The highest number of fires - 260 took place in 2006, and the least - 9 in 2002. The data has a growing trend.


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

Emporia:	45.1
Topeka:	92.7
Ottawa:	106.2

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 6 minutes. This is close to the state median value.


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

Emporia:	6 minutes
Osage City:	10 minutes
Burlington:	10 minutes
Burlingame:	12 minutes
Lyndon:	10 minutes
Carbondale:	10 minutes
Auburn:	9 minutes
Eureka:	5 minutes
Yates Center:	10 minutes

Based on the reports from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly deaths is 1. The highest number of reported deaths - 2 took place in 2006, and the lowest - 0 in 2002. The data has a constant trend.

According to the reports from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly casualties is 1. The highest number of reported injuries - 3 took place in 2003, and the lowest - 0 in 2002. The data has a constant trend. The average number of injuries per 1,000 fire incidents is 7. This indicator was the highest - 22 in 2009, and the lowest 0 in 2002. The trend for injuries per 1,000 fire incidents is increasing. Compared to the Kansas value the number of casualties per 1,000 fire incidents is about the same.



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

Emporia:	8.1
Osage City:	1.5
Burlington:	1.6
Burlingame:	0.0
Lyndon:	0.0
Carbondale:	1.7
Auburn:	3.1
Eureka:	5.8
Yates Center:	0.0

25.8% incidents where reported in the morning and 74.2% in the evening. The most fires (17.3%) took place on Sunday, and the least (12.2%) on Thursday.
Based on the 2,336 fire incident reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (13.4%) took place during March, and the least (6.0%) in September.
Out of all 14,469 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (63.8%), Fire (16.1%), and Hazardous Condition (11.4%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Emporia, KS
• 9,23263.8%Rescue & EMS
• 2,33616.1%Fire
• 1,65011.4%Hazardous Condition
• 5443.8%False Alarm
• 5263.6%Good Intent Call
• 1531.1%Service Call
• 210.1%Overpressure Rupture
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Outside Fires (48.2%), and Structure Fires (33.1%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Emporia, KS
• 1,12648.2%Outside Fires
• 77333.1%Structure Fires
• 36715.7%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 703.0%Other