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Hugoton: 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 fire incidents per year is 45. The highest number of fires - 66 took place in 2018, and the least - 30 in 2009. The data has a rising trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 13 minutes. This is much higher than the state median value.


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

Hugoton:	13 minutes
Liberal:	5 minutes
Garden City:	6 minutes
Dodge City:	5 minutes
Ashland:	13 minutes

21.7% incidents where reported in the morning and 78.3% in the evening. The most fires (16.1%) took place on Tuesday, and the least (11.0%) on Sunday.
According to the 757 fires from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (15.5%) took place during July, and the least (4.2%) in December.
Out of all 1,094 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Fire (69.2%), Rescue & EMS (16.1%), and Good Intent Call (5.0%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Hugoton, KS
• 75769.2%Fire
• 17616.1%Rescue & EMS
• 555.0%Good Intent Call
• 413.7%Hazardous Condition
• 403.7%False Alarm
• 111.0%Service Call
• 80.7%Severe Weather
• 30.3%Overpressure Rupture
• 30.3%Special Incident
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Outside Fires (67.1%), and Structure Fires (15.5%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Hugoton, KS
• 50867.1%Outside Fires
• 11715.5%Structure Fires
• 10814.3%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 243.2%Other