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Canton: Fire Incidents, Michigan (MI)

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 85. The highest number of reported fire incidents - 189 took place in 2003, and the least - 0 in 2004. The data has a growing trend.


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

Canton:	16.6
Plymouth Township:	2.4
Plymouth:	102.2
Westland:	25.0
Wayne:	44.5
Garden City:	29.7
Romulus:	49.8
Livonia:	14.2
Inkster:	58.9

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


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

Canton:	6 minutes
Plymouth:	6 minutes
Westland:	6 minutes
Wayne:	5 minutes
Garden City:	5 minutes
Belleville:	7 minutes
Romulus:	7 minutes
Livonia:	4 minutes
Inkster:	5 minutes

According to the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related casualties per year is 2. The highest number of reported casualties - 10 took place in 2003, and the lowest - 0 in 2002. The data has a growing trend. The average number of injuries per 1,000 fire incidents is 14. This indicator was the highest - 53 in 2003, and the lowest 0 in 2002. The trend for injuries per 1,000 fire incidents is increasing. Compared to the Michigan value the number of injuries per 1,000 fires is much higher.



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

Canton:	24.2
Plymouth:	9.3
Westland:	14.1
Wayne:	31.8
Garden City:	29.5
Belleville:	8.6
Romulus:	14.2
Livonia:	13.8
Inkster:	8.1

30.2% incidents where reported in the morning and 69.8% in the evening. The most fires (15.7%) took place on Sunday, and the least (13.3%) on Wednesday.
According to the 1,449 reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (11.5%) took place during July, and the least (5.3%) in February.
Out of all 7,482 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: False Alarm (26.4%), Hazardous Condition (24.9%), and Fire (19.4%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Canton, MI
• 1,97826.4%False Alarm
• 1,86124.9%Hazardous Condition
• 1,44919.4%Fire
• 1,16815.6%Good Intent Call
• 75810.1%Service Call
• 1822.4%Rescue & EMS
• 390.5%Overpressure Rupture
• 380.5%Special Incident
• 90.1%Severe Weather
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Structure Fires (35.0%), and Outside Fires (33.1%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Canton, MI
• 50735.0%Structure Fires
• 48033.1%Outside Fires
• 30521.0%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 15710.8%Other