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Iron Mountain: Fire Incidents, Michigan (MI)

2002 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents

Based on the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fires per year is 37. The highest number of fires - 75 took place in 2003, and the least - 21 in 2008. The data has a declining trend.


The average number of yearly fire incidents per 10k residents in Iron Mountain, MI compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for the last 3 years, including only cities with population 5,000 and above)

Iron Mountain:	49.0
Kingsford:	16.3
Escanaba:	23.6
Ishpeming:	50.5
Menominee:	48.1

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 4 minutes. This is lower than the state median value.


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

Iron Mountain:	4 minutes
Escanaba:	3 minutes
Ishpeming:	6 minutes
Menominee:	5 minutes

According to the reports from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly deaths is 0. The highest number of deaths - 2 took place in 2013, and the lowest - 0 in 2002. The data has a constant trend.

According to the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related casualties per year is 1. The highest number of reported injuries - 3 took place in 2005, and the lowest - 0 in 2002. The data has a constant trend. The average number of casualties per 1,000 fire incidents is 20. This indicator was the highest - 91 in 2010, and the lowest 0 in 2002. The trend for casualties per 1,000 fire incidents is rising. Compared to the state value the number of injuries per 1,000 fires is higher.



Casualties per 1,000 incidents in Iron Mountain, MI compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for all years, including only cities with at least 500 fire incidents)

Iron Mountain:	19.0
Escanaba:	29.6
Ishpeming:	5.2
Menominee:	15.4

32.4% incidents where reported in the morning and 67.6% in the evening. The most fires (17.1%) took place on Sunday, and the least (11.3%) on Thursday.
According to the 630 incident reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (16.5%) took place during April, and the least (5.4%) in March.
Out of all 2,566 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Hazardous Condition (38.0%), Fire (24.6%), and Rescue & EMS (12.6%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Iron Mountain, MI
• 97538.0%Hazardous Condition
• 63024.6%Fire
• 32312.6%Rescue & EMS
• 26110.2%False Alarm
• 1857.2%Good Intent Call
• 1445.6%Service Call
• 210.8%Special Incident
• 160.6%Severe Weather
• 110.4%Overpressure Rupture
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Structure Fires (41.1%), and Outside Fires (39.5%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Iron Mountain, MI
• 25941.1%Structure Fires
• 24939.5%Outside Fires
• 9615.2%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 264.1%Other