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Greenville: Fire Incidents, Kentucky (KY)

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

According to the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire incidents per year is 40. The highest number of reported fires - 79 took place in 2009, and the least - 9 in 2016. The data has a dropping trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 11 minutes. This is higher compared to the state median value.


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

Greenville:	11 minutes
Central City:	8 minutes
Madisonville:	5 minutes
Morgantown:	16 minutes
Russellville:	5 minutes
Hopkinsville:	6 minutes
Owensboro:	5 minutes
Oak Grove:	7 minutes
Cadiz:	13 minutes

33.9% incidents where reported in the morning and 66.1% in the evening. The most fires (17.6%) took place on Monday, and the least (12.5%) on Sunday.
According to the 688 fire incidents from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (13.2%) took place during February, and the least (5.2%) in October.
Out of all 1,330 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Fire (51.7%), Rescue & EMS (33.5%), and Hazardous Condition (7.4%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Greenville, KY
• 68851.7%Fire
• 44533.5%Rescue & EMS
• 987.4%Hazardous Condition
• 382.9%Good Intent Call
• 342.6%Service Call
• 201.5%False Alarm
• 30.2%Severe Weather
• 20.2%Overpressure Rupture
• 20.2%Special Incident
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Structure Fires (45.6%), and Outside Fires (34.6%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Greenville, KY
• 31445.6%Structure Fires
• 23834.6%Outside Fires
• 7811.3%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 588.4%Other