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Ames: Fire Incidents, Iowa (IA)

2002 - 2017 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents

According to the data from the years 2002 - 2017 the average number of fire incidents per year is 125. The highest number of reported fires - 195 took place in 2006, and the least - 3 in 2008. The data has a declining trend.


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

Ames:	15.8
Nevada:	56.8
Boone:	17.7
Ankeny:	1.4
Johnston:	21.4
Grimes:	20.9
Altoona:	12.6
Perry:	39.3
Urbandale:	10.8

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

Ames:	5 minutes
Nevada:	5 minutes
Boone:	4 minutes
Ankeny:	7 minutes
Johnston:	9 minutes
Altoona:	7 minutes
Urbandale:	7 minutes
Clive:	6 minutes
Des Moines:	5 minutes

According to the reports from the years 2002 - 2017 the average number of fire-related yearly casualties is 1. The highest number of reported casualties - 6 took place in 2004, and the lowest - 0 in 2002. The data has a constant trend. The average number of casualties per 1,000 fire incidents is 9. This indicator was the highest - 57 in 2004, and the lowest 0 in 2002. The trend for casualties per 1,000 incidents is constant. Compared to the Iowa value the number of casualties per 1,000 fire incidents is about the same.



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

Ames:	8.5
Nevada:	18.1
Boone:	2.3
Ankeny:	12.5
Johnston:	0.0
Altoona:	14.5
Urbandale:	11.9
Clive:	3.2
Des Moines:	22.7

38.9% incidents where reported in the morning and 61.1% in the evening. The most fires (17.3%) took place on Sunday, and the least (10.9%) on Tuesday.
According to the 2,007 fires from years 2002 - 2017 most fires (11.9%) took place during July, and the least (5.9%) in February.
Out of all 17,971 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2017, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (48.8%), False Alarm (17.0%), and Fire (11.2%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Ames, IA
• 8,76248.8%Rescue & EMS
• 3,06317.0%False Alarm
• 2,00711.2%Fire
• 1,4358.0%Service Call
• 1,4318.0%Good Intent Call
• 1,2066.7%Hazardous Condition
• 470.3%Overpressure Rupture
• 180.1%Special Incident
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Outside Fires (47.7%), and Structure Fires (35.5%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Ames, IA
• 95847.7%Outside Fires
• 71235.5%Structure Fires
• 28014.0%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 572.8%Other