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Bismarck: Fire Incidents, North Dakota (ND)

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

According to the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fires per year is 156. The highest number of fire incidents - 282 took place in 2012, and the least - 94 in 2009. The data has a declining trend.


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

Bismarck:	22.7
Mandan:	40.0

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 6 minutes. This is lower compared to the North Dakota median value.


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

Bismarck:	6 minutes
Mandan:	6 minutes

Based on the reports from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly deaths is 0. The highest number of deaths - 4 took place in 2010, and the lowest - 0 in 2003. The data has a declining trend. The average number of deaths per 1,000 fires is 3. This indicator was the highest - 23 in 2010, and the lowest 0 in 2003. The trend for fatalities per 1,000 fire incidents is dropping. Compared to the state value the number of deaths per 1,000 incidents is higher.


Deaths per 1,000 incidents in Bismarck, ND compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for all years, including only cities with at least 2,500 fire incidents)

Bismarck:

3.0

According to the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related casualties per year is 1. The highest number of casualties - 2 took place in 2002, and the lowest - 0 in 2004. The data has a decreasing trend. The average number of casualties per 1,000 fire incidents is 5. This indicator was the highest - 14 in 2005, and the lowest 0 in 2004. The trend for injuries per 1,000 fires is decreasing. Compared to the North Dakota value the number of injuries per 1,000 incidents is similar.



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

Bismarck:	5.3
Mandan:	11.2

31.5% incidents where reported in the morning and 68.5% in the evening. The most fires (16.5%) took place on Sunday, and the least (12.2%) on Monday.
According to the 2,654 reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (11.9%) took place during July, and the least (6.3%) in February.
Out of all 24,999 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (55.3%), False Alarm (13.7%), and Fire (10.6%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Bismarck, ND
• 13,82455.3%Rescue & EMS
• 3,42113.7%False Alarm
• 2,65410.6%Fire
• 2,3589.4%Hazardous Condition
• 1,9717.9%Good Intent Call
• 6912.8%Service Call
• 440.2%Special Incident
• 280.1%Overpressure Rupture
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Structure Fires (43.7%), and Outside Fires (36.1%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Bismarck, ND
• 1,16143.7%Structure Fires
• 95836.1%Outside Fires
• 48818.4%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 471.8%Other