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Halstead: Fire Incidents, Kansas (KS)

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 30. The highest number of fires - 43 took place in 2003, and the least - 7 in 2004. The data has a dropping trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 6 minutes. This is close to the Kansas median value.


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

Halstead:	6 minutes
Newton:	7 minutes
Valley Center:	8 minutes
Inman:	10 minutes
Hutchinson:	6 minutes
Wichita:	4 minutes
Goddard:	7 minutes
Benton:	10 minutes
McPherson:	5 minutes

Based on the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related fatalities per year is 0. The highest number of deaths - 1 took place in 2011, and the lowest - 0 in 2002. The data has a rising trend.
21.9% incidents where reported in the morning and 78.1% in the evening. The most fires (19.7%) took place on Friday, and the least (11.7%) on Thursday.
According to the 503 fires from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (15.9%) took place during March, and the least (4.0%) in October.
Out of all 1,629 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (48.1%), Fire (30.9%), and Hazardous Condition (7.0%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Halstead, KS
• 78348.1%Rescue & EMS
• 50330.9%Fire
• 1147.0%Hazardous Condition
• 1006.1%Good Intent Call
• 633.9%False Alarm
• 482.9%Service Call
• 70.4%Special Incident
• 60.4%Overpressure Rupture
• 50.3%Severe Weather
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Outside Fires (61.2%), and Structure Fires (25.6%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Halstead, KS
• 30861.2%Outside Fires
• 12925.6%Structure Fires
• 367.2%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 306.0%Other