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Festus: Fire Incidents, Missouri (MO)

2002 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents

According to the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fires per year is 174. The highest number of fires - 254 took place in 2007, and the least - 37 in 2002. The data has an increasing trend.


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

Festus:	169.4
Pevely:	96.1
Barnhart:	87.4
De Soto:	178.2
Arnold:	17.4
Oakville:	0.3
Mehlville:	1.2
Sunset Hills:	39.5
Bonne Terre:	166.4

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 9 minutes. This is higher than the Missouri median value.


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

Festus:	9 minutes
Pevely:	6 minutes
Barnhart:	8 minutes
Hillsboro:	10 minutes
De Soto:	10 minutes
Imperial:	7 minutes
Arnold:	6 minutes
Waterloo:	8 minutes
Cedar Hill:	7 minutes

Based on the reports from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly deaths is 0. The highest number of reported deaths - 2 took place in 2011, and the lowest - 0 in 2002. The data has a rising trend. The average number of deaths per 1,000 fire incidents is 2. This indicator was the highest - 13 in 2011, and the lowest 0 in 2002. The trend for fatalities per 1,000 incidents is rising. Compared to the state value the number of fatalities per 1,000 fires is similar.


Deaths per 1,000 incidents in Festus, MO compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for all years, including only cities with at least 2,500 fire incidents)

Festus:	1.7
Fenton:	0.8
Cahokia:	3.1

Based on the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly casualties is 0. The highest number of casualties - 2 took place in 2007, and the lowest - 0 in 2002. The data has a constant trend. The average number of injuries per 1,000 fires is 2. This indicator was the highest - 12 in 2014, and the lowest 0 in 2002. The trend for casualties per 1,000 fire incidents is constant. Compared to the state value the number of casualties per 1,000 fire incidents is much lower.



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

Festus:	2.0
Pevely:	3.5
Barnhart:	0.0
Hillsboro:	2.3
De Soto:	2.4
Imperial:	2.9
Arnold:	4.5
Waterloo:	1.1
Cedar Hill:	4.8

32.2% incidents where reported in the morning and 67.8% in the evening. The most fires (16.7%) took place on Saturday, and the least (11.6%) on Tuesday.
Based on the 2,951 fire incidents from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (11.7%) took place during March, and the least (5.8%) in September.
Out of all 11,854 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (43.7%), Fire (24.9%), and Hazardous Condition (11.7%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Festus, MO
• 5,18443.7%Rescue & EMS
• 2,95124.9%Fire
• 1,39011.7%Hazardous Condition
• 1,21910.3%Good Intent Call
• 6895.8%Service Call
• 3933.3%False Alarm
• 150.1%Severe Weather
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Structure Fires (50.0%), and Outside Fires (30.1%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Festus, MO
• 1,47550.0%Structure Fires
• 88830.1%Outside Fires
• 45215.3%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 1364.6%Other