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Horton: Fire Incidents, Kansas (KS)

2003 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents

According to the data from the years 2003 - 2018 the average number of fires per year is 34. The highest number of fires - 95 took place in 2006, and the least - 0 in 2010. The data has a dropping trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 9 minutes. This is higher than the Kansas median value.


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

Horton:	9 minutes
Hiawatha:	7 minutes
Holton:	6 minutes
Atchison:	4 minutes
Mayetta:	9 minutes
Ozawkie:	15 minutes
Hoyt:	10 minutes
Meriden:	12 minutes
Oskaloosa:	12 minutes

26.4% incidents where reported in the morning and 73.6% in the evening. The most fires (16.1%) took place on Tuesday, and the least (13.5%) on Monday.
Based on the 542 fires from years 2003 - 2018 most fires (26.8%) took place during March, and the least (4.6%) in October.
Out of all 861 cases reported during the years 2003 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Fire (63.0%), Rescue & EMS (16.1%), and Hazardous Condition (8.7%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Horton, KS
• 54263.0%Fire
• 13916.1%Rescue & EMS
• 758.7%Hazardous Condition
• 708.1%Good Intent Call
• 192.2%Service Call
• 101.2%False Alarm
• 20.2%Overpressure Rupture
• 20.2%Severe Weather
• 20.2%Special Incident
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Outside Fires (57.0%), and Structure Fires (27.3%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Horton, KS
• 30957.0%Outside Fires
• 14827.3%Structure Fires
• 5410.0%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 315.7%Other