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Baxter: Fire Incidents, Tennessee (TN)

2003 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents

Based on the data from the years 2003 - 2018 the average number of fires per year is 39. The highest number of reported fires - 88 took place in 2011, and the least - 3 in 2003. The data has a growing trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 12 minutes. This is higher compared to the state median value.


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

Baxter:	12 minutes
Cookeville:	6 minutes
Gainesboro:	13 minutes
Smithville:	12 minutes
Sparta:	9 minutes
Carthage:	7 minutes
Monterey:	12 minutes
Livingston:	6 minutes
Celina:	10 minutes

Based on the data from the years 2003 - 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 2003. The data has a constant trend. The average number of injuries per 1,000 fires is 17. This indicator was the highest - 54 in 2014, and the lowest 0 in 2003. The trend for injuries per 1,000 fires is constant. Compared to the Tennessee value the number of casualties per 1,000 incidents is much higher.



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

Baxter:	20.6
Cookeville:	13.8
Gainesboro:	7.4
Smithville:	11.6
Sparta:	0.9
Carthage:	18.1
Monterey:	1.7
Livingston:	10.7
Celina:	12.9

33.9% incidents where reported in the morning and 66.1% in the evening. The most fires (16.5%) took place on Saturday, and the least (12.0%) on Tuesday.
Based on the 631 fire incident reports from years 2003 - 2018 most fires (13.2%) took place during March, and the least (4.3%) in September.
Out of all 2,167 cases reported during the years 2003 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Fire (29.1%), Rescue & EMS (25.0%), and Hazardous Condition (18.1%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Baxter, TN
• 63129.1%Fire
• 54125.0%Rescue & EMS
• 39218.1%Hazardous Condition
• 33915.6%Good Intent Call
• 1426.6%Service Call
• 944.3%False Alarm
• 180.8%Special Incident
• 70.3%Severe Weather
• 30.1%Overpressure Rupture
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Structure Fires (46.3%), and Outside Fires (35.8%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Baxter, TN
• 29246.3%Structure Fires
• 22635.8%Outside Fires
• 10817.1%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 50.8%Other