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Hiawatha: Fire Incidents, Iowa (IA)

2002 - 2017 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents

Based on the data from the years 2002 - 2017 the average number of fires per year is 21. The highest number of reported fire incidents - 49 took place in 2016, and the least - 1 in 2007. The data has a dropping trend.

The average number of yearly fire incidents per 10k residents in Hiawatha, IA compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for the last 3 years, including only cities with population 5,000 and above)
Hiawatha:	46.8
Cedar Rapids:	20.4
Marion:	16.2
Vinton:	29.1
Anamosa:	15.4
North Liberty:	15.4
Coralville:	17.0
Iowa City:	9.8
Independence:	18.9

Based on the data from the years 2002 - 2017 the average number of fire-related casualties per year is 1. The highest number of injuries - 2 took place in 2014, and the lowest - 0 in 2003. The data has a constant trend.
36.4% incidents where reported in the morning and 63.6% in the evening. The most fires (17.6%) took place on Saturday, and the least (11.8%) on Thursday.
Based on the 330 reports from years 2002 - 2017 most fires (13.0%) took place during April, and the least (4.8%) in January.
Out of all 2,933 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2017, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (65.2%), Fire (11.3%), and Hazardous Condition (7.9%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Hiawatha, IA
• 1,91365.2%Rescue & EMS
• 33011.3%Fire
• 2327.9%Hazardous Condition
• 1735.9%Service Call
• 1575.4%False Alarm
• 1083.7%Good Intent Call
• 160.5%Severe Weather
• 30.1%Special Incident
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Structure Fires (54.2%), and Outside Fires (26.1%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Hiawatha, IA
• 17954.2%Structure Fires
• 8626.1%Outside Fires
• 5115.5%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 144.2%Other