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Libby: Fire Incidents, Montana (MT)

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 49. The highest number of fires - 107 took place in 2007, and the least - 24 in 2018. The data has a declining trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 7 minutes. This is lower than the Montana median value.


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

Libby:	7 minutes
Bonners Ferry:	10 minutes
Sandpoint:	10 minutes
Kalispell:	8 minutes
Athol:	12 minutes
Columbia Falls:	11 minutes
Priest River:	9 minutes
Hayden:	9 minutes

Based on the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly deaths is 0. The highest number of reported deaths - 2 took place in 2008, and the lowest - 0 in 2002. The data has a constant trend.
31.2% incidents where reported in the morning and 68.8% in the evening. The most fires (16.4%) took place on Saturday, and the least (13.4%) on Sunday.
According to the 833 fire incident reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (18.2%) took place during July, and the least (5.5%) in May.
Out of all 1,625 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Fire (51.3%), Hazardous Condition (23.6%), and Rescue & EMS (9.6%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Libby, MT
• 83351.3%Fire
• 38423.6%Hazardous Condition
• 1569.6%Rescue & EMS
• 996.1%False Alarm
• 965.9%Good Intent Call
• 523.2%Service Call
• 30.2%Overpressure Rupture
• 20.1%Special Incident
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Structure Fires (43.1%), and Outside Fires (40.5%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Libby, MT
• 35943.1%Structure Fires
• 33740.5%Outside Fires
• 10813.0%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 293.5%Other