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Dow City: Fire Incidents, Iowa (IA)

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 7. The highest number of reported fires - 27 took place in 2003, and the least - 0 in 2005. The data has a declining trend.

31.1% incidents where reported in the morning and 68.9% in the evening. The most fires (18.9%) took place on Saturday, and the least (11.5%) on Thursday.
Based on the 122 fire incidents from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (19.7%) took place during January, and the least (0.8%) in July.
Out of all 373 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Overpressure Rupture (53.6%), Fire (32.7%), and False Alarm (3.8%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Dow City, IA
• 20053.6%Rescue & EMS
• 12232.7%Fire
• 143.8%Severe Weather
• 133.5%Hazardous Condition
• 92.4%Good Intent Call
• 71.9%False Alarm
• 61.6%Service Call
• 20.5%Special Incident
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Other (36.1%), and Outside Fires (30.3%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Dow City, IA
• 4436.1%Other
• 3730.3%Outside Fires
• 3327.0%Structure Fires
• 86.6%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires