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Florissant: Fire Incidents, Missouri (MO)

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 308. The highest number of fire incidents - 485 took place in 2006, and the least - 108 in 2002. The data has a rising trend.


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

Florissant:	45.0
Hazelwood:	29.2
Black Jack:	7.2
Berkeley:	76.3
Dellwood:	51.9
Ferguson:	75.6
Bridgeton:	76.7
Spanish Lake:	8.7
Jennings:	83.5

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 5 minutes. This is lower than the state median value.


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

Florissant:	5 minutes
Hazelwood:	6 minutes
Berkeley:	4 minutes
Ferguson:	4 minutes
Bridgeton:	5 minutes
Normandy:	6 minutes
Spanish Lake:	7 minutes
Jennings:	4 minutes
Riverview:	5 minutes

According to the reports from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related fatalities per year is 1. The highest number of reported deaths - 2 took place in 2006, and the lowest - 0 in 2002. The data has an increasing trend. The average number of deaths per 1,000 fires is 2. This indicator was the highest - 6 in 2012, and the lowest 0 in 2002. The trend for deaths per 1,000 fires is increasing. Compared to the Missouri value the number of fatalities per 1,000 fire incidents is similar.


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

Florissant:	1.7
Alton:	2.7
Granite City:	2.0
St. Louis:	0.8

According to the reports from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly casualties is 2. The highest number of reported injuries - 13 took place in 2003, and the lowest - 0 in 2004. The data has a decreasing trend. The average number of casualties per 1,000 fire incidents is 11. This indicator was the highest - 92 in 2003, and the lowest 0 in 2004. The trend for injuries per 1,000 fire incidents is declining. Compared to the Missouri value the number of casualties per 1,000 incidents is higher.



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

Florissant:	7.1
Hazelwood:	0.0
Berkeley:	12.4
Ferguson:	9.9
Bridgeton:	3.0
Normandy:	0.0
Spanish Lake:	0.0
Jennings:	5.3
Riverview:	0.0

30.2% incidents where reported in the morning and 69.8% in the evening. The most fires (16.7%) took place on Sunday, and the least (13.2%) on Thursday.
Based on the 5,241 reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (11.2%) took place during March, and the least (7.4%) in January.
Out of all 39,212 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (49.5%), Hazardous Condition (15.8%), and Fire (13.4%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Florissant, MO
• 19,42249.5%Rescue & EMS
• 6,20015.8%Hazardous Condition
• 5,24113.4%Fire
• 3,2928.4%Service Call
• 3,1678.1%Good Intent Call
• 1,8034.6%False Alarm
• 530.1%Overpressure Rupture
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Structure Fires (40.8%), and Outside Fires (30.4%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Florissant, MO
• 2,13640.8%Structure Fires
• 1,59430.4%Outside Fires
• 82315.7%Other
• 68813.1%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires