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Grand Forks: Fire Incidents, North Dakota (ND)

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

Based on the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fires per year is 106. The highest number of reported fire incidents - 157 took place in 2008, and the least - 19 in 2017. The data has a dropping trend.


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

Grand Forks:

9.3

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 4 minutes. This is much lower compared to the state median value.


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

Grand Forks:	4 minutes
Crookston:	5 minutes
Thief River Falls:	5 minutes

Based on the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related fatalities per year is 1. The highest number of deaths - 4 took place in 2008, and the lowest - 0 in 2002. The data has a constant trend.

Based on the reports from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly casualties is 2. The highest number of reported injuries - 8 took place in 2008, and the lowest - 0 in 2002. The data has an increasing trend. The average number of injuries per 1,000 fire incidents is 20. This indicator was the highest - 51 in 2008, and the lowest 0 in 2002. The trend for casualties per 1,000 fires is rising. Compared to the state value the number of injuries per 1,000 fires is much higher.



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

Grand Forks:	21.6
Crookston:	3.9
Thief River Falls:	8.2

36.3% incidents where reported in the morning and 63.7% in the evening. The most fires (15.5%) took place on Sunday, and the least (12.5%) on Thursday.
According to the 1,803 fires from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (11.1%) took place during July, and the least (5.8%) in March.
Out of all 17,700 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (54.7%), Hazardous Condition (13.5%), and False Alarm (13.4%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Grand Forks, ND
• 9,67554.7%Rescue & EMS
• 2,38513.5%Hazardous Condition
• 2,37813.4%False Alarm
• 1,80310.2%Fire
• 6633.7%Service Call
• 6413.6%Good Intent Call
• 1050.6%Overpressure Rupture
• 490.3%Special Incident
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Structure Fires (40.4%), and Outside Fires (34.0%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Grand Forks, ND
• 72940.4%Structure Fires
• 61334.0%Outside Fires
• 39021.6%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 713.9%Other