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Hays: Fire Incidents, Kansas (KS)

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

According to the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fires per year is 112. The highest number of fires - 140 took place in 2005, and the least - 85 in 2013. The data has a growing trend.


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

Hays:	51.6
Great Bend:	58.9

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


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

Hays:	6 minutes
Plainville:	10 minutes
Russell:	7 minutes
Great Bend:	5 minutes
Larned:	8 minutes
Ellsworth:	8 minutes

Based on the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly deaths is 0. The highest number of reported deaths - 1 took place in 2003, 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 1. The highest number of injuries - 5 took place in 2004, and the lowest - 0 in 2005. The data has a declining trend. The average number of injuries per 1,000 fires is 11. This indicator was the highest - 45 in 2004, and the lowest 0 in 2005. The trend for casualties per 1,000 incidents is dropping. Compared to the Kansas value the number of casualties per 1,000 incidents is higher.



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

Hays:	11.1
Plainville:	0.0
Russell:	4.6
Great Bend:	13.4
Larned:	1.6
Ellsworth:	0.0

28.8% incidents where reported in the morning and 71.2% in the evening. The most fires (16.6%) took place on Saturday, and the least (13.1%) on Thursday.
According to the 1,900 fire incident reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (13.4%) took place during July, and the least (6.3%) in December.
Out of all 19,709 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Hazardous Condition (41.3%), Rescue & EMS (37.9%), and Fire (9.6%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Hays, KS
• 8,14141.3%Hazardous Condition
• 7,46537.9%Rescue & EMS
• 1,9009.6%Fire
• 9564.9%False Alarm
• 7203.7%Good Intent Call
• 4352.2%Service Call
• 600.3%Severe Weather
• 310.2%Overpressure Rupture
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Outside Fires (53.2%), and Structure Fires (30.5%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Hays, KS
• 1,01053.2%Outside Fires
• 58030.5%Structure Fires
• 27314.4%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 371.9%Other