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Chariton: Fire Incidents, Iowa (IA)

2002 - 2017 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents

Based on the data from the years 2002 - 2017 the average number of fire incidents per year is 48. The highest number of fire incidents - 86 took place in 2005, and the least - 28 in 2008. The data has a rising trend.

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


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

Chariton:	6 minutes
Indianola:	8 minutes
Centerville:	4 minutes
Pella:	9 minutes
Oskaloosa:	5 minutes

25.4% incidents where reported in the morning and 74.6% in the evening. The most fires (17.4%) took place on Wednesday, and the least (11.8%) on Friday.
Based on the 771 fire incidents from years 2002 - 2017 most fires (18.3%) took place during March, and the least (4.2%) in August.
Out of all 1,200 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2017, the most belonged to the categories: Fire (64.3%), Rescue & EMS (15.2%), and Hazardous Condition (6.4%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Chariton, IA
• 77164.3%Fire
• 18215.2%Rescue & EMS
• 776.4%Hazardous Condition
• 605.0%False Alarm
• 494.1%Service Call
• 494.1%Good Intent Call
• 50.4%Severe Weather
• 40.3%Special Incident
• 30.3%Overpressure Rupture
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Outside Fires (49.9%), and Structure Fires (23.5%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Chariton, IA
• 38549.9%Outside Fires
• 18123.5%Structure Fires
• 13117.0%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 749.6%Other