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Canton: Fire Incidents, South Dakota (SD)

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

According to the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire incidents per year is 14. The highest number of reported fires - 24 took place in 2012, and the least - 2 in 2002. The data has an increasing trend.

28.5% incidents where reported in the morning and 71.5% in the evening. The most fires (17.9%) took place on Saturday, and the least (11.8%) on Wednesday.
According to the 246 fires from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (16.7%) took place during April, and the least (4.1%) in February.
Out of all 633 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Fire (38.9%), Hazardous Condition (24.5%), and Rescue & EMS (14.5%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Canton, SD
• 24638.9%Fire
• 15524.5%Hazardous Condition
• 9214.5%Rescue & EMS
• 8413.3%False Alarm
• 304.7%Good Intent Call
• 203.2%Service Call
• 40.6%Severe Weather
• 20.3%Overpressure Rupture
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Outside Fires (44.7%), and Structure Fires (23.6%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Canton, SD
• 11044.7%Outside Fires
• 5823.6%Structure Fires
• 4417.9%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 3413.8%Other