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Gaston: Fire Incidents, Indiana (IN)

2002 - 2017 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents

According to the data from the years 2002 - 2017 the average number of fire incidents per year is 44. The highest number of fire incidents - 101 took place in 2007, and the least - 3 in 2002. The data has an increasing trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 8 minutes. This is higher compared to the state median value.


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

Gaston:	8 minutes
Yorktown:	9 minutes
Alexandria:	5 minutes
Muncie:	5 minutes
Hartford City:	3 minutes
Daleville:	8 minutes
Chesterfield:	8 minutes
Anderson:	7 minutes
Middletown:	6 minutes

26.9% incidents where reported in the morning and 73.1% in the evening. The most fires (15.5%) took place on Monday, and the least (12.0%) on Friday.
According to the 699 fires from years 2002 - 2017 most fires (10.7%) took place during November, and the least (4.6%) in February.
Out of all 1,882 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2017, the most belonged to the categories: Fire (37.1%), Rescue & EMS (34.0%), and Hazardous Condition (12.2%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Gaston, IN
• 69937.1%Fire
• 64034.0%Rescue & EMS
• 22912.2%Hazardous Condition
• 1246.6%Good Intent Call
• 613.2%Special Incident
• 583.1%False Alarm
• 542.9%Service Call
• 160.9%Severe Weather
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Outside Fires (51.8%), and Structure Fires (23.9%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Gaston, IN
• 36251.8%Outside Fires
• 16723.9%Structure Fires
• 11416.3%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 568.0%Other