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Dothan: Fire Incidents, Alabama (AL)

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 340. The highest number of reported fire incidents - 550 took place in 2006, and the least - 55 in 2012. The data has a growing trend.


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

Dothan:	47.1
Daleville:	16.9
Ozark:	43.5
Enterprise:	34.8

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 5 minutes. This is lower compared to the Alabama median value.


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

Dothan:	5 minutes
Ozark:	5 minutes
Enterprise:	4 minutes
Geneva:	9 minutes
Samson:	10 minutes

According to the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly deaths is 1. The highest number of deaths - 2 took place in 2009, and the lowest - 0 in 2004. The data has a dropping trend. The average number of deaths per 1,000 fire incidents is 2. This indicator was the highest - 10 in 2002, and the lowest 0 in 2004. The trend for fatalities per 1,000 incidents is dropping. Compared to the state value the number of deaths per 1,000 fires is similar.


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

Dothan:

1.9

According to the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly casualties is 5. The highest number of reported casualties - 12 took place in 2007, and the lowest - 0 in 2012. The data has a growing trend. The average number of casualties per 1,000 fires is 14. This indicator was the highest - 39 in 2005, and the lowest 0 in 2012. The trend for injuries per 1,000 incidents is dropping. Compared to the Alabama value the number of injuries per 1,000 incidents is much higher.



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

Dothan:	14.0
Ozark:	2.8
Enterprise:	2.2
Geneva:	1.9
Samson:	0.0

30.3% incidents where reported in the morning and 69.7% in the evening. The most fires (14.9%) took place on Saturday, and the least (14.0%) on Thursday.
According to the 5,788 fire incident reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (10.5%) took place during January, and the least (5.8%) in August.
Out of all 62,963 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (59.2%), Service Call (11.5%), and Fire (9.2%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Dothan, AL
• 37,25659.2%Rescue & EMS
• 7,22711.5%Service Call
• 5,7889.2%Fire
• 4,7487.5%Hazardous Condition
• 4,4207.0%False Alarm
• 3,2605.2%Good Intent Call
• 1310.2%Overpressure Rupture
• 880.1%Severe Weather
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Outside Fires (46.9%), and Structure Fires (33.1%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Dothan, AL
• 2,71646.9%Outside Fires
• 1,91733.1%Structure Fires
• 96416.7%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 1913.3%Other