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Kaplan: Fire Incidents, Louisiana (LA)

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 46. The highest number of reported fire incidents - 94 took place in 2011, and the least - 0 in 2004. The data has an increasing trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 6 minutes. This is close to the Louisiana median value.


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

Kaplan:	6 minutes
Abbeville:	5 minutes
Erath:	9 minutes
Crowley:	3 minutes
Rayne:	6 minutes
Duson:	8 minutes
Youngsville:	7 minutes
Scott:	9 minutes
Lafayette:	5 minutes

28.3% incidents where reported in the morning and 71.7% in the evening. The most fires (16.8%) took place on Monday, and the least (12.4%) on Tuesday.
Based on the 728 reports from years 2003 - 2018 most fires (11.4%) took place during October, and the least (4.8%) in July.
Out of all 1,529 cases reported during the years 2003 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Fire (47.6%), Good Intent Call (22.4%), and False Alarm (10.1%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Kaplan, LA
• 72847.6%Fire
• 34222.4%Good Intent Call
• 15510.1%False Alarm
• 1459.5%Rescue & EMS
• 1228.0%Hazardous Condition
• 322.1%Service Call
• 50.3%Overpressure Rupture
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Structure Fires (43.1%), and Outside Fires (41.5%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Kaplan, LA
• 31443.1%Structure Fires
• 30241.5%Outside Fires
• 628.5%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 506.9%Other