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Lamar: Fire Incidents, Missouri (MO)

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

Based on the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire incidents per year is 51. The highest number of fire incidents - 79 took place in 2002, and the least - 20 in 2013. The data has a declining trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 5 minutes. This is lower compared to the state median value.


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

Lamar:	5 minutes
Carthage:	7 minutes
Pittsburg:	3 minutes
Nevada:	4 minutes
Webb City:	5 minutes
El Dorado Springs:	9 minutes
Stockton:	11 minutes
Joplin:	6 minutes
Fort Scott:	7 minutes

30.0% incidents where reported in the morning and 70.0% in the evening. The most fires (17.5%) took place on Saturday, and the least (12.1%) on Monday.
Based on the 868 fire incidents from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (14.7%) took place during March, and the least (5.2%) in May.
Out of all 1,766 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Fire (49.2%), Hazardous Condition (31.5%), and Good Intent Call (10.8%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Lamar, MO
• 86849.2%Fire
• 55631.5%Hazardous Condition
• 19010.8%Good Intent Call
• 784.4%False Alarm
• 472.7%Rescue & EMS
• 191.1%Service Call
• 60.3%Severe Weather
• 20.1%Overpressure Rupture
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Outside Fires (47.5%), and Structure Fires (37.1%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Lamar, MO
• 41247.5%Outside Fires
• 32237.1%Structure Fires
• 13215.2%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 20.2%Other