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Bellefontaine: Fire Incidents, Ohio (OH)

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

Based on the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fires per year is 76. The highest number of reported fire incidents - 126 took place in 2004, and the least - 10 in 2002. The data has a growing trend.


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

Bellefontaine:	44.8
Urbana:	68.3
Kenton:	112.4
Sidney:	71.9
Marysville:	39.6
Wapakoneta:	66.9
Ada:	49.7
Piqua:	52.7
Springfield:	71.8

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 6 minutes. This is close to the Ohio median value.


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

Bellefontaine:	6 minutes
West Liberty:	9 minutes
Urbana:	8 minutes
Kenton:	6 minutes
Sidney:	8 minutes
Anna:	9 minutes
Marysville:	8 minutes
Mechanicsburg:	9 minutes
Richwood:	9 minutes

According to the reports from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly casualties is 2. The highest number of casualties - 7 took place in 2007, and the lowest - 0 in 2002. The data has an increasing trend. The average number of injuries per 1,000 fires is 26. This indicator was the highest - 86 in 2003, and the lowest 0 in 2002. The trend for injuries per 1,000 incidents is increasing. Compared to the Ohio value the number of casualties per 1,000 fires is higher.



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

Bellefontaine:	27.9
West Liberty:	0.0
Urbana:	21.0
Kenton:	19.1
Sidney:	34.0
Anna:	6.6
Marysville:	6.3
Mechanicsburg:	9.5
Richwood:	18.7

29.8% incidents where reported in the morning and 70.2% in the evening. The most fires (15.7%) took place on Sunday, and the least (13.0%) on Wednesday.
According to the 1,290 reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (10.5%) took place during March, and the least (6.0%) in January.
Out of all 4,944 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Hazardous Condition (32.7%), Fire (26.1%), and Service Call (16.0%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Bellefontaine, OH
• 1,61932.7%Hazardous Condition
• 1,29026.1%Fire
• 79316.0%Service Call
• 4739.6%Rescue & EMS
• 4148.4%Good Intent Call
• 3186.4%False Alarm
• 240.5%Special Incident
• 100.2%Overpressure Rupture
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Structure Fires (44.5%), and Outside Fires (37.1%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Bellefontaine, OH
• 57444.5%Structure Fires
• 47837.1%Outside Fires
• 21416.6%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 241.9%Other