Lowell: Fire Incidents, Indiana (IN)
Where are fire incidents reported in Lowell, IN
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2002 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents
- Incident types reported to NFIRS in Lowell, IN
- 1,29534.1%Hazardous Condition
- 1,12229.5%Fire
- 77320.4%Rescue & EMS
- 3719.8%Good Intent Call
- 1423.7%False Alarm
- 741.9%Service Call
- 160.4%Special Incident
- Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Lowell, IN
- 45840.8%Structure Fires
- 41537.0%Outside Fires
- 16514.7%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
- 847.5%Other
Based on the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire incidents per year is 66. The highest number of reported fires - 116 took place in 2005, and the least - 4 in 2002. The data has a growing trend.The average number of yearly fire incidents per 10k residents in Lowell, IN compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for the last 3 years, including only cities with population 5,000 and above)
| Lowell: | 36.2 |
| Cedar Lake: | 8.9 |
| Crown Point: | 18.9 |
| Schererville: | 13.3 |
| Merrillville: | 23.5 |
| Dyer: | 18.9 |
| Griffith: | 3.6 |
| Highland: | 16.3 |
| Hobart: | 1.4 |
The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 9 minutes. This is higher than the state median value.The median response time in Lowell, IN compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for all years, including only cities with at least 500 fire incidents)
| Lowell: | 9 minutes |
| Cedar Lake: | 7 minutes |
| Crown Point: | 6 minutes |
| Lake Village: | 11 minutes |
| Hebron: | 9 minutes |
| Beecher: | 8 minutes |
| Grant Park: | 8 minutes |
| Schererville: | 7 minutes |
| Merrillville: | 5 minutes |
Based on the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related casualties per year is 0. The highest number of casualties - 1 took place in 2015, and the lowest - 0 in 2002. The data has an increasing trend.
The average number of casualties per 1,000 fires is 5. This indicator was the highest - 43 in 2018, and the lowest 0 in 2002. The trend for casualties per 1,000 fire incidents is increasing. Compared to the state value the number of injuries per 1,000 fire incidents is much lower.Casualties per 1,000 incidents in Lowell, IN compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for all years, including only cities with at least 500 fire incidents)
| Lowell: | 2.7 |
| Cedar Lake: | 1.5 |
| Crown Point: | 1.4 |
| Lake Village: | 3.9 |
| Hebron: | 0.0 |
| Beecher: | 9.2 |
| Grant Park: | 4.5 |
| Schererville: | 3.9 |
| Merrillville: | 6.6 |
30.7% incidents where reported in the morning and 69.3% in the evening. The most fires (16.7%) took place on Wednesday, and the least (12.8%) on Thursday.
Based on the 1,122 incident reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (15.8%) took place during April, and the least (4.9%) in February.
Out of all 3,798 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Hazardous Condition (34.1%), Fire (29.5%), and Rescue & EMS (20.4%).
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Structure Fires (40.8%), and Outside Fires (37.0%).