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Knox: Fire Incidents, Indiana (IN)

2002 - 2017 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents

Based on the data from the years 2002 - 2017 the average number of fire incidents per year is 58. The highest number of reported fires - 134 took place in 2006, and the least - 1 in 2016. The data has a dropping trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 7 minutes. This is about the same as the state median value.


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

Knox:	7 minutes
North Judson:	0 minutes
Walkerton:	8 minutes
Plymouth:	8 minutes
Winamac:	9 minutes
La Porte:	3 minutes
Wheatfield:	9 minutes
Valparaiso:	6 minutes
Rochester:	8 minutes

30.9% incidents where reported in the morning and 69.1% in the evening. The most fires (17.0%) took place on Tuesday, and the least (11.3%) on Friday.
According to the 922 reports from years 2002 - 2017 most fires (17.7%) took place during April, and the least (3.9%) in January.
Out of all 1,222 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2017, the most belonged to the categories: Fire (75.5%), Rescue & EMS (10.1%), and Hazardous Condition (9.0%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Knox, IN
• 92275.5%Fire
• 12410.1%Rescue & EMS
• 1109.0%Hazardous Condition
• 332.7%Good Intent Call
• 131.1%Service Call
• 121.0%Special Incident
• 40.3%False Alarm
• 30.2%Overpressure Rupture
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Outside Fires (49.9%), and Structure Fires (30.8%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Knox, IN
• 46049.9%Outside Fires
• 28430.8%Structure Fires
• 9810.6%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 808.7%Other