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Mankato: Fire Incidents, Minnesota (MN)

2002 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents

According to the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire incidents per year is 144. The highest number of reported fires - 189 took place in 2007, and the least - 108 in 2013. The data has a dropping trend.


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

Mankato:	32.2
North Mankato:	15.4
Waseca:	41.3
New Ulm:	25.4
New Prague:	34.0
Belle Plaine:	25.6
Faribault:	43.5
Owatonna:	24.8
Jordan:	35.7

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 Mankato, MN compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for all years, including only cities with at least 500 fire incidents)

Mankato:	5 minutes
Waseca:	6 minutes
New Ulm:	7 minutes
Faribault:	6 minutes
Owatonna:	5 minutes

According to the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly casualties is 1. The highest number of injuries - 4 took place in 2014, and the lowest - 0 in 2002. The data has a constant trend. The average number of injuries per 1,000 fire incidents is 11. This indicator was the highest - 29 in 2017, and the lowest 0 in 2002. The trend for casualties per 1,000 fires is constant. Compared to the Minnesota value the number of injuries per 1,000 fires is similar.



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

Mankato:	10.2
Waseca:	2.8
New Ulm:	19.9
Faribault:	0.6
Owatonna:	14.4

35.7% incidents where reported in the morning and 64.3% in the evening. The most fires (17.0%) took place on Saturday, and the least (11.6%) on Tuesday.
According to the 2,446 fires from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (10.8%) took place during April, and the least (6.0%) in December.
Out of all 20,398 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (51.1%), Hazardous Condition (14.4%), and Fire (12.0%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Mankato, MN
• 10,41651.1%Rescue & EMS
• 2,93514.4%Hazardous Condition
• 2,44612.0%Fire
• 2,26211.1%False Alarm
• 1,5387.5%Service Call
• 7603.7%Good Intent Call
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Structure Fires (44.6%), and Outside Fires (33.4%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Mankato, MN
• 1,09044.6%Structure Fires
• 81833.4%Outside Fires
• 46519.0%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 733.0%Other