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Marion: Fire Incidents, Indiana (IN)

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

Based on the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fires per year is 281. The highest number of reported fire incidents - 420 took place in 2005, and the least - 44 in 2014. The data has a declining trend.


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

Marion:	53.6
Gas City:	58.0
Hartford City:	21.5
Wabash:	40.9
Alexandria:	16.4
Elwood:	24.8
Huntington:	30.9
Kokomo:	21.9
Peru:	4.5

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 4 minutes. This is lower compared to the state median value.


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

Marion:	4 minutes
Greentown:	10 minutes
Hartford City:	3 minutes
Gaston:	8 minutes
Wabash:	5 minutes
Alexandria:	5 minutes
Elwood:	3 minutes
Huntington:	4 minutes
Kokomo:	5 minutes

According to the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly casualties is 1. The highest number of casualties - 5 took place in 2006, and the lowest - 0 in 2003. The data has a decreasing trend. The average number of casualties per 1,000 fires is 3. This indicator was the highest - 16 in 2006, and the lowest 0 in 2003. The trend for casualties per 1,000 fire incidents is declining. Compared to the Indiana value the number of casualties per 1,000 incidents is lower.



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

Marion:	3.8
Greentown:	0.0
Hartford City:	0.0
Gaston:	0.0
Wabash:	10.1
Alexandria:	25.3
Elwood:	6.6
Huntington:	14.6
Kokomo:	11.3

27.8% incidents where reported in the morning and 72.2% in the evening. The most fires (15.1%) took place on Saturday, and the least (13.4%) on Wednesday.
According to the 4,778 reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (10.9%) took place during April, and the least (4.8%) in February.
Out of all 18,633 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (37.2%), Fire (25.6%), and Hazardous Condition (16.0%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Marion, IN
• 6,93837.2%Rescue & EMS
• 4,77825.6%Fire
• 2,98716.0%Hazardous Condition
• 1,5238.2%Service Call
• 1,2386.6%False Alarm
• 1,0435.6%Good Intent Call
• 460.2%Severe Weather
• 440.2%Overpressure Rupture
• 360.2%Special Incident
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Outside Fires (48.6%), and Structure Fires (36.3%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Marion, IN
• 2,32048.6%Outside Fires
• 1,73536.3%Structure Fires
• 53611.2%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 1873.9%Other