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Calhoun: Fire Incidents, Tennessee (TN)

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

According to the data from the years 2003 - 2018 the average number of fires per year is 42. The highest number of reported fires - 86 took place in 2007, and the least - 9 in 2012. The data has a growing trend.

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

Calhoun:	5 minutes
Riceville:	11 minutes
Cleveland:	6 minutes
Etowah:	8 minutes
Athens:	6 minutes
Decatur:	10 minutes
Englewood:	8 minutes
Niota:	10 minutes
Dayton:	4 minutes

36.2% incidents where reported in the morning and 63.8% in the evening. The most fires (15.4%) took place on Friday, and the least (13.0%) on Monday.
According to the 676 reports from years 2003 - 2018 most fires (11.8%) took place during February, and the least (5.0%) in July.
Out of all 1,242 cases reported during the years 2003 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Fire (54.4%), Rescue & EMS (23.8%), and Good Intent Call (9.7%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Calhoun, TN
• 67654.4%Fire
• 29523.8%Rescue & EMS
• 1209.7%Good Intent Call
• 947.6%Hazardous Condition
• 302.4%Service Call
• 221.8%False Alarm
• 40.3%Special Incident
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Outside Fires (48.7%), and Structure Fires (31.2%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Calhoun, TN
• 32948.7%Outside Fires
• 21131.2%Structure Fires
• 9313.8%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 436.4%Other