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Atchison: Fire Incidents, Kansas (KS)

2005 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents

Based on the data from the years 2005 - 2018 the average number of fire incidents per year is 54. The highest number of fires - 83 took place in 2005, and the least - 38 in 2018. The data has a declining trend.


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

Atchison:	40.5
Leavenworth:	51.2
Lansing:	30.2
Basehor:	108.7
Tonganoxie:	213.8
Bonner Springs:	50.3

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 4 minutes. This is lower compared to the state median value.


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

Atchison:	4 minutes
Leavenworth:	4 minutes
Horton:	9 minutes
Lansing:	6 minutes
McLouth:	12 minutes
Oskaloosa:	12 minutes
Ozawkie:	15 minutes
Hiawatha:	7 minutes
Basehor:	7 minutes

Based on the data from the years 2005 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly casualties is 1. The highest number of injuries - 4 took place in 2011, and the lowest - 0 in 2005. The data has a constant trend. The average number of casualties per 1,000 fire incidents is 19. This indicator was the highest - 89 in 2011, and the lowest 0 in 2005. The trend for casualties per 1,000 fires is constant. Compared to the Kansas value the number of injuries per 1,000 fire incidents is higher.



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

Atchison:	18.4
Leavenworth:	24.8
Horton:	5.5
Lansing:	18.6
McLouth:	2.3
Oskaloosa:	0.0
Ozawkie:	0.0
Hiawatha:	1.6
Basehor:	1.1

30.8% incidents where reported in the morning and 69.2% in the evening. The most fires (17.3%) took place on Saturday, and the least (11.5%) on Wednesday.
Based on the 762 incident reports from years 2005 - 2018 most fires (13.0%) took place during March, and the least (6.4%) in October.
Out of all 6,329 cases reported during the years 2005 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (51.8%), Hazardous Condition (15.4%), and Fire (12.0%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Atchison, KS
• 3,28151.8%Rescue & EMS
• 97515.4%Hazardous Condition
• 76212.0%Fire
• 4987.9%Service Call
• 4687.4%Good Intent Call
• 2844.5%False Alarm
• 300.5%Special Incident
• 260.4%Overpressure Rupture
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Structure Fires (43.6%), and Outside Fires (37.9%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Atchison, KS
• 33243.6%Structure Fires
• 28937.9%Outside Fires
• 13517.7%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 60.8%Other