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Caruthersville: Fire Incidents, Missouri (MO)

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 53. The highest number of reported fire incidents - 92 took place in 2006, and the least - 18 in 2003. The data has a growing trend.


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

Caruthersville:	82.0
Kennett:	88.3

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 3 minutes. This is much lower compared to the state median value.


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

Caruthersville:	3 minutes
Portageville:	9 minutes
Kennett:	3 minutes
Blytheville:	4 minutes
Malden:	4 minutes
Rector:	7 minutes
Osceola:	3 minutes

33.2% incidents where reported in the morning and 66.8% in the evening. The most fires (16.2%) took place on Saturday, and the least (12.8%) on Wednesday.
Based on the 904 incident reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (14.0%) took place during July, and the least (6.1%) in February.
Out of all 1,314 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Fire (68.8%), Hazardous Condition (13.5%), and Good Intent Call (8.1%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Caruthersville, MO
• 90468.8%Fire
• 17713.5%Hazardous Condition
• 1068.1%Good Intent Call
• 937.1%False Alarm
• 272.1%Rescue & EMS
• 60.5%Service Call
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Structure Fires (41.6%), and Outside Fires (36.3%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Caruthersville, MO
• 37641.6%Structure Fires
• 32836.3%Outside Fires
• 19521.6%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 50.6%Other