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Elwood: Fire Incidents, Indiana (IN)

2002 - 2016 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents

Based on the data from the years 2002 - 2016 the average number of fires per year is 100. The highest number of fire incidents - 165 took place in 2010, and the least - 4 in 2014. The data has a declining trend.


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

Elwood:	24.8
Alexandria:	16.4
Tipton:	89.2
Anderson:	8.4
Noblesville:	17.4
Gas City:	58.0
Yorktown:	45.2
Marion:	53.6
Kokomo:	21.9

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


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

Elwood:	3 minutes
Alexandria:	5 minutes
Tipton:	5 minutes
Anderson:	7 minutes
Greentown:	10 minutes
Chesterfield:	8 minutes
Gaston:	8 minutes
Daleville:	8 minutes
Noblesville:	6 minutes

Based on the data from the years 2002 - 2016 the average number of fire-related casualties per year is 1. The highest number of casualties - 4 took place in 2007, and the lowest - 0 in 2004. The data has a decreasing trend. The average number of casualties per 1,000 fire incidents is 6. This indicator was the highest - 33 in 2007, and the lowest 0 in 2004. The trend for casualties per 1,000 fires is dropping. Compared to the Indiana value the number of casualties per 1,000 fire incidents is about the same.



Casualties per 1,000 incidents in Elwood, IN compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for all years, including only cities with at least 500 fire incidents)

Elwood:	6.6
Alexandria:	25.3
Tipton:	5.2
Anderson:	3.5
Greentown:	0.0
Chesterfield:	5.6
Gaston:	0.0
Daleville:	21.3
Noblesville:	11.0

27.6% incidents where reported in the morning and 72.4% in the evening. The most fires (17.2%) took place on Saturday, and the least (12.7%) on Monday.
According to the 1,509 reports from years 2002 - 2016 most fires (11.7%) took place during July, and the least (4.3%) in February.
Out of all 5,580 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2016, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (48.7%), Fire (27.0%), and Hazardous Condition (19.9%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Elwood, IN
• 2,71648.7%Rescue & EMS
• 1,50927.0%Fire
• 1,10919.9%Hazardous Condition
• 1262.3%False Alarm
• 500.9%Service Call
• 490.9%Good Intent Call
• 110.2%Special Incident
• 90.2%Overpressure Rupture
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Outside Fires (62.1%), and Structure Fires (26.1%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Elwood, IN
• 93762.1%Outside Fires
• 39426.1%Structure Fires
• 906.0%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 885.8%Other