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Hiawatha: 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 36. The highest number of fires - 53 took place in 2014, and the least - 21 in 2004. The data has a dropping trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 7 minutes. This is comparable to the Kansas median value.


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

Hiawatha:	7 minutes
Horton:	9 minutes
Holton:	6 minutes
Atchison:	4 minutes
Mayetta:	9 minutes

26.7% incidents where reported in the morning and 73.3% in the evening. The most fires (18.3%) took place on Sunday, and the least (11.1%) on Wednesday.
Based on the 611 fires from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (20.3%) took place during March, and the least (4.1%) in September.
Out of all 1,375 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Fire (44.4%), Hazardous Condition (23.3%), and Good Intent Call (14.5%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Hiawatha, KS
• 61144.4%Fire
• 32023.3%Hazardous Condition
• 20014.5%Good Intent Call
• 886.4%Rescue & EMS
• 695.0%False Alarm
• 372.7%Service Call
• 342.5%Special Incident
• 120.9%Severe Weather
• 40.3%Overpressure Rupture
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Outside Fires (55.3%), and Structure Fires (25.7%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Hiawatha, KS
• 33855.3%Outside Fires
• 15725.7%Structure Fires
• 8614.1%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 304.9%Other