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Decatur: Fire Incidents, Tennessee (TN)

2007 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents

Based on the data from the years 2007 - 2018 the average number of fires per year is 76. The highest number of fires - 129 took place in 2010, and the least - 12 in 2007. The data has a growing trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 10 minutes. This is higher compared to the Tennessee median value.


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

Decatur:	10 minutes
Riceville:	11 minutes
Athens:	6 minutes
Dayton:	4 minutes
Niota:	10 minutes
Calhoun:	5 minutes
Englewood:	8 minutes
Sweetwater:	11 minutes
Etowah:	8 minutes

28.3% incidents where reported in the morning and 71.7% in the evening. The most fires (17.0%) took place on Thursday, and the least (12.4%) on Saturday.
According to the 920 reports from years 2007 - 2018 most fires (12.9%) took place during March, and the least (5.3%) in August.
Out of all 2,258 cases reported during the years 2007 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Fire (40.7%), Rescue & EMS (37.5%), and Service Call (8.9%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Decatur, TN
• 92040.7%Fire
• 84637.5%Rescue & EMS
• 2028.9%Service Call
• 964.3%Good Intent Call
• 904.0%Hazardous Condition
• 602.7%Special Incident
• 361.6%False Alarm
• 40.2%Overpressure Rupture
• 40.2%Severe Weather
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Outside Fires (42.9%), and Structure Fires (42.8%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Decatur, TN
• 39542.9%Outside Fires
• 39442.8%Structure Fires
• 11012.0%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 212.3%Other