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Lansing: Fire Incidents, Michigan (MI)

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

According to the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fires per year is 459. The highest number of fire incidents - 590 took place in 2018, and the least - 163 in 2008. The data has a growing trend.


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

Lansing:	49.1
East Lansing:	30.9
Holt:	21.0
Okemos:	23.4
Haslett:	14.7
Grand Ledge:	93.3
Mason:	101.8
Eaton Rapids:	87.5
Charlotte:	81.7

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 Lansing, MI compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for all years, including only cities with at least 500 fire incidents)

Lansing:	5 minutes
East Lansing:	7 minutes
Holt:	4 minutes
Okemos:	7 minutes
Grand Ledge:	7 minutes
Mason:	8 minutes
Eaton Rapids:	10 minutes
Charlotte:	6 minutes
Fowlerville:	11 minutes

Based on the reports from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly deaths is 1. The highest number of reported deaths - 3 took place in 2009, and the lowest - 0 in 2003. The data has a constant trend. The average number of deaths per 1,000 fires is 3. This indicator was the highest - 6 in 2009, and the lowest 0 in 2003. The trend for fatalities per 1,000 fire incidents is dropping. Compared to the Michigan value the number of fatalities per 1,000 fire incidents is about the same.


Deaths per 1,000 incidents in Lansing, MI compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for all years, including only cities with at least 2,500 fire incidents)

Lansing:	2.7
Jackson:	1.4

According to the reports from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related casualties per year is 10. The highest number of reported injuries - 20 took place in 2017, and the lowest - 0 in 2004. The data has an increasing trend. The average number of injuries per 1,000 fire incidents is 21. This indicator was the highest - 36 in 2017, and the lowest 0 in 2004. The trend for injuries per 1,000 incidents is increasing. Compared to the state value the number of injuries per 1,000 fire incidents is higher.



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

Lansing:	20.9
East Lansing:	11.6
Holt:	12.5
Okemos:	32.5
Grand Ledge:	10.7
Mason:	1.3
Eaton Rapids:	11.1
Charlotte:	20.3
Fowlerville:	3.7

31.6% incidents where reported in the morning and 68.4% in the evening. The most fires (15.2%) took place on Saturday, and the least (13.5%) on Friday.
According to the 7,798 fire incident reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (11.6%) took place during July, and the least (5.6%) in February.
Out of all 105,898 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (72.1%), Fire (7.4%), and Hazardous Condition (6.3%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Lansing, MI
• 76,32972.1%Rescue & EMS
• 7,7987.4%Fire
• 6,7066.3%Hazardous Condition
• 5,3415.0%Service Call
• 4,9434.7%False Alarm
• 4,4454.2%Good Intent Call
• 2360.2%Special Incident
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Structure Fires (49.3%), and Outside Fires (24.7%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Lansing, MI
• 3,84449.3%Structure Fires
• 1,92424.7%Outside Fires
• 1,41918.2%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 6117.8%Other