Indianapolis: Fire Incidents, Indiana (IN)
Where are fire incidents reported in Indianapolis, IN
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2002 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents
- Incident types reported to NFIRS in Indianapolis, IN
- 44,12763.4%Rescue & EMS
- 7,43910.7%Fire
- 7,43810.7%Good Intent Call
- 4,2366.1%Hazardous Condition
- 4,0845.9%False Alarm
- 1,9472.8%Service Call
- 2060.3%Special Incident
- Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Indianapolis, IN
- 3,98353.5%Structure Fires
- 2,02127.2%Outside Fires
- 93612.6%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
- 4996.7%Other
Based on the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire incidents per year is 438. The highest number of fires - 1,122 took place in 2011, and the least - 52 in 2018. The data has a dropping trend.The average number of yearly fire incidents per 10k residents in Indianapolis, IN compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for the last 3 years, including only cities with population 5,000 and above)
| Indianapolis: | 5.2 |
| Speedway: | 40.2 |
| Beech Grove: | 10.3 |
| Lawrence: | 15.2 |
| Greenwood: | 12.8 |
| Carmel: | 2.9 |
| Avon: | 44.2 |
| Zionsville: | 16.1 |
| Fishers: | 4.8 |
The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 6 minutes. This is comparable to the state median value.The median response time in Indianapolis, IN compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for all years, including only cities with at least 500 fire incidents)
| Indianapolis: | 6 minutes |
| Beech Grove: | 4 minutes |
| Greenwood: | 6 minutes |
| Carmel: | 6 minutes |
| Avon: | 7 minutes |
| Zionsville: | 6 minutes |
| Fishers: | 6 minutes |
| Brownsburg: | 6 minutes |
| Plainfield: | 6 minutes |
According to the reports from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related casualties per year is 2. The highest number of casualties - 12 took place in 2015, and the lowest - 0 in 2002. The data has a constant trend.
The average number of injuries per 1,000 fire incidents is 6. This indicator was the highest - 30 in 2003, and the lowest 0 in 2002. The trend for injuries per 1,000 fire incidents is rising. Compared to the Indiana value the number of injuries per 1,000 fires is lower.Casualties per 1,000 incidents in Indianapolis, IN compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for all years, including only cities with at least 500 fire incidents)
| Indianapolis: | 4.7 |
| Beech Grove: | 21.4 |
| Greenwood: | 5.9 |
| Carmel: | 13.3 |
| Avon: | 2.4 |
| Zionsville: | 0.9 |
| Fishers: | 24.8 |
| Brownsburg: | 22.5 |
| Plainfield: | 33.4 |
32.2% incidents where reported in the morning and 67.8% in the evening. The most fires (16.2%) took place on Sunday, and the least (12.6%) on Thursday.
According to the 7,439 fire incidents from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (10.3%) took place during July, and the least (6.5%) in May.
Out of all 69,555 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (63.4%), Fire (10.7%), and Good Intent Call (10.7%).
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Structure Fires (53.5%), and Outside Fires (27.2%).