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Galena: Fire Incidents, Kansas (KS)

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 100. The highest number of reported fire incidents - 189 took place in 2006, and the least - 36 in 2012. The data has a dropping trend.

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


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

Galena:	5 minutes
Baxter Springs:	7 minutes
Columbus:	10 minutes
Pittsburg:	3 minutes
Chetopa:	6 minutes

25.5% incidents where reported in the morning and 74.5% in the evening. The most fires (16.4%) took place on Saturday, and the least (11.9%) on Friday.
Based on the 1,705 fire incidents from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (20.1%) took place during March, and the least (3.8%) in May.
Out of all 2,761 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Fire (61.8%), Good Intent Call (16.3%), and Rescue & EMS (9.3%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Galena, KS
• 1,70561.8%Fire
• 45116.3%Good Intent Call
• 2579.3%Rescue & EMS
• 1746.3%Hazardous Condition
• 913.3%Service Call
• 692.5%False Alarm
• 60.2%Severe Weather
• 50.2%Overpressure Rupture
• 30.1%Special Incident
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Outside Fires (68.0%), and Structure Fires (20.8%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Galena, KS
• 1,16068.0%Outside Fires
• 35420.8%Structure Fires
• 1528.9%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 392.3%Other