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Chetopa: Fire Incidents, Kansas (KS)

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 43. The highest number of fires - 74 took place in 2006, and the least - 17 in 2011. The data has a rising trend.

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


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

Chetopa:	6 minutes
Columbus:	10 minutes
Baxter Springs:	7 minutes
Parsons:	6 minutes
Galena:	5 minutes
Coffeyville:	5 minutes
Cherryvale:	7 minutes
Pittsburg:	3 minutes
Independence:	5 minutes

24.1% incidents where reported in the morning and 75.9% in the evening. The most fires (17.2%) took place on Sunday, and the least (11.7%) on Thursday.
Based on the 685 fires from years 2003 - 2018 most fires (20.0%) took place during March, and the least (3.8%) in June.
Out of all 850 cases reported during the years 2003 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Fire (80.6%), Rescue & EMS (6.0%), and Hazardous Condition (5.5%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Chetopa, KS
• 68580.6%Fire
• 516.0%Rescue & EMS
• 475.5%Hazardous Condition
• 344.0%Good Intent Call
• 141.6%Special Incident
• 60.7%Service Call
• 50.6%False Alarm
• 50.6%Severe Weather
• 30.4%Overpressure Rupture
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Outside Fires (61.2%), and Structure Fires (26.0%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Chetopa, KS
• 41961.2%Outside Fires
• 17826.0%Structure Fires
• 517.4%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 375.4%Other