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Pikeville: Fire Incidents, Kentucky (KY)

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 85. The highest number of reported fire incidents - 147 took place in 2006, and the least - 32 in 2002. The data has a rising trend.


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

Pikeville:	92.8
South Williamson:	2.7

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 4 minutes. This is lower than the Kentucky median value.


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

Pikeville:	4 minutes
Prestonsburg:	5 minutes
Salyersville:	9 minutes

According to the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly deaths is 1. The highest number of reported deaths - 4 took place in 2003, and the lowest - 0 in 2002. The data has a constant trend.

Based on the reports from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related casualties per year is 2. The highest number of injuries - 5 took place in 2003, and the lowest - 0 in 2002. The data has a constant trend. The average number of injuries per 1,000 fires is 19. This indicator was the highest - 73 in 2012, and the lowest 0 in 2002. The trend for casualties per 1,000 fires is constant. Compared to the state value the number of injuries per 1,000 fire incidents is much higher.



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

Pikeville:	17.9
Prestonsburg:	5.9
Salyersville:	0.0

32.4% incidents where reported in the morning and 67.6% in the evening. The most fires (16.1%) took place on Friday, and the least (12.6%) on Sunday.
According to the 1,450 fire incident reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (15.4%) took place during April, and the least (5.9%) in July.
Out of all 8,425 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (28.2%), Hazardous Condition (20.2%), and Fire (17.2%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Pikeville, KY
• 2,37828.2%Rescue & EMS
• 1,70020.2%Hazardous Condition
• 1,45017.2%Fire
• 1,43517.0%False Alarm
• 1,14513.6%Service Call
• 1081.3%Good Intent Call
• 851.0%Special Incident
• 700.8%Severe Weather
• 540.6%Overpressure Rupture
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Outside Fires (41.9%), and Structure Fires (35.9%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Pikeville, KY
• 60841.9%Outside Fires
• 52135.9%Structure Fires
• 25117.3%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 704.8%Other