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Charlevoix: Fire Incidents, Michigan (MI)

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 32. The highest number of fires - 54 took place in 2003, and the least - 17 in 2009. The data has a dropping trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 8 minutes. This is higher compared to the state median value.


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

Charlevoix:	8 minutes
Petoskey:	6 minutes
Mancelona:	11 minutes
Gaylord:	10 minutes
Traverse City:	7 minutes
Fife Lake:	11 minutes
Grayling:	13 minutes
Roscommon:	12 minutes

32.8% incidents where reported in the morning and 67.2% in the evening. The most fires (19.2%) took place on Saturday, and the least (11.4%) on Monday.
Based on the 536 fire incident reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (15.3%) took place during April, and the least (5.2%) in September.
Out of all 2,297 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Hazardous Condition (39.7%), Fire (23.3%), and False Alarm (11.6%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Charlevoix, MI
• 91139.7%Hazardous Condition
• 53623.3%Fire
• 26611.6%False Alarm
• 2079.0%Good Intent Call
• 1908.3%Rescue & EMS
• 1165.1%Service Call
• 361.6%Special Incident
• 291.3%Overpressure Rupture
• 60.3%Severe Weather
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Structure Fires (47.2%), and Outside Fires (31.7%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Charlevoix, MI
• 25347.2%Structure Fires
• 17031.7%Outside Fires
• 7614.2%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 376.9%Other