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Grimes: Fire Incidents, Iowa (IA)

2003 - 2017 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents

According to the data from the years 2003 - 2017 the average number of fires per year is 25. The highest number of reported fires - 50 took place in 2006, and the least - 2 in 2009. The data has an increasing trend.

The average number of yearly fire incidents per 10k residents in Grimes, IA compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for the last 3 years, including only cities with population 5,000 and above)
Grimes:	20.9
Urbandale:	10.8
Johnston:	21.4
Clive:	16.4
Waukee:	27.4
West Des Moines:	13.6
Ankeny:	1.4
Des Moines:	20.0
Norwalk:	2.0

According to the data from the years 2003 - 2017 the average number of fire-related casualties per year is 0. The highest number of reported injuries - 1 took place in 2005, and the lowest - 0 in 2003. The data has a constant trend.
27.8% incidents where reported in the morning and 72.2% in the evening. The most fires (18.9%) took place on Tuesday, and the least (12.1%) on Monday.
According to the 381 reports from years 2003 - 2017 most fires (13.1%) took place during April, and the least (3.9%) in January.
Out of all 2,570 cases reported during the years 2003 - 2017, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (51.3%), Fire (14.8%), and False Alarm (10.7%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Grimes, IA
• 1,31851.3%Rescue & EMS
• 38114.8%Fire
• 27410.7%False Alarm
• 2188.5%Hazardous Condition
• 1937.5%Good Intent Call
• 1736.7%Service Call
• 90.4%Overpressure Rupture
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Structure Fires (40.7%), and Outside Fires (34.1%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Grimes, IA
• 15540.7%Structure Fires
• 13034.1%Outside Fires
• 7319.2%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 236.0%Other