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Great Bend: Fire Incidents, Kansas (KS)

2005 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents

According to the data from the years 2005 - 2018 the average number of fires per year is 112. The highest number of reported fires - 155 took place in 2006, and the least - 61 in 2018. The data has a decreasing trend.


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

Great Bend:	58.9
Hays:	51.6
Pratt:	72.3
Hutchinson:	83.9

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 5 minutes. This is lower than the Kansas median value.


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

Great Bend:	5 minutes
Larned:	8 minutes
Russell:	7 minutes
Ellsworth:	8 minutes
Hays:	6 minutes
Pratt:	7 minutes
Hutchinson:	6 minutes

Based on the reports from the years 2005 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly casualties is 2. The highest number of injuries - 5 took place in 2006, and the lowest - 0 in 2007. The data has a declining trend. The average number of injuries per 1,000 fires is 13. This indicator was the highest - 32 in 2006, and the lowest 0 in 2007. The trend for casualties per 1,000 incidents is decreasing. Compared to the Kansas value the number of casualties per 1,000 incidents is higher.



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

Great Bend:	13.4
Larned:	1.6
Russell:	4.6
Ellsworth:	0.0
Hays:	11.1
Pratt:	2.3
Hutchinson:	25.2

27.2% incidents where reported in the morning and 72.8% in the evening. The most fires (16.9%) took place on Saturday, and the least (12.4%) on Sunday.
Based on the 1,572 fires from years 2005 - 2018 most fires (13.4%) took place during July, and the least (5.7%) in December.
Out of all 10,237 cases reported during the years 2005 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (68.4%), Fire (15.4%), and Hazardous Condition (8.0%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Great Bend, KS
• 7,00268.4%Rescue & EMS
• 1,57215.4%Fire
• 8188.0%Hazardous Condition
• 3033.0%False Alarm
• 2842.8%Good Intent Call
• 2352.3%Service Call
• 130.1%Overpressure Rupture
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Outside Fires (47.5%), and Structure Fires (35.7%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Great Bend, KS
• 74747.5%Outside Fires
• 56135.7%Structure Fires
• 21213.5%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 523.3%Other