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Fairfield: Fire Incidents, Iowa (IA)

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 41. The highest number of fire incidents - 71 took place in 2012, and the least - 3 in 2003. The data has a declining trend.


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

Fairfield:	43.1
Mount Pleasant:	43.9
Ottumwa:	101.5
Washington:	43.5

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


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

Fairfield:	6 minutes
Ottumwa:	4 minutes
Washington:	6 minutes

25.0% incidents where reported in the morning and 75.0% in the evening. The most fires (19.2%) took place on Saturday, and the least (9.4%) on Thursday.
According to the 699 incident reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (15.9%) took place during March, and the least (4.7%) in August.
Out of all 2,187 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Hazardous Condition (37.8%), Fire (32.0%), and Good Intent Call (13.2%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Fairfield, IA
• 82737.8%Hazardous Condition
• 69932.0%Fire
• 28913.2%Good Intent Call
• 1486.8%Service Call
• 1054.8%Rescue & EMS
• 1034.7%False Alarm
• 80.4%Overpressure Rupture
• 80.4%Special Incident
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Outside Fires (45.8%), and Structure Fires (34.0%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Fairfield, IA
• 32045.8%Outside Fires
• 23834.0%Structure Fires
• 9613.7%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 456.4%Other