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Maquoketa: Fire Incidents, Iowa (IA)

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 33. The highest number of fire incidents - 63 took place in 2008, and the least - 2 in 2018. The data has a decreasing trend.


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

Maquoketa:	31.0
De Witt:	6.7
Clinton:	33.9
Eldridge:	41.4
Dubuque:	18.8
Asbury:	1.9
Anamosa:	15.4

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

Maquoketa:	9 minutes
Savanna:	8 minutes
Clinton:	5 minutes
Dubuque:	4 minutes

32.6% incidents where reported in the morning and 67.4% in the evening. The most fires (17.7%) took place on Saturday, and the least (11.4%) on Tuesday.
Based on the 559 fire incidents from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (11.4%) took place during March, and the least (6.4%) in August.
Out of all 1,194 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Fire (46.8%), Rescue & EMS (19.8%), and Overpressure Rupture (18.9%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Maquoketa, IA
• 55946.8%Fire
• 23619.8%Hazardous Condition
• 22618.9%Rescue & EMS
• 665.5%Service Call
• 615.1%Good Intent Call
• 443.7%False Alarm
• 20.2%Special Incident
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Structure Fires (38.6%), and Outside Fires (36.9%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Maquoketa, IA
• 21638.6%Structure Fires
• 20636.9%Outside Fires
• 11620.8%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 213.8%Other