Jump to a detailed profile or search site with

Marshalltown: Fire Incidents, Iowa (IA)

2002 - 2017 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents

According to the data from the years 2002 - 2017 the average number of fires per year is 144. The highest number of fire incidents - 253 took place in 2002, and the least - 72 in 2017. The data has a decreasing trend.


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

Marshalltown:	30.3
Grinnell:	52.2
Newton:	20.7
Nevada:	56.8
Ames:	15.8

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 5 minutes. This is lower than the state median value.


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

Marshalltown:	5 minutes
Grinnell:	5 minutes
Newton:	7 minutes
Nevada:	5 minutes
Ames:	5 minutes

Based on the data from the years 2002 - 2017 the average number of fire-related yearly deaths is 0. The highest number of reported deaths - 3 took place in 2008, and the lowest - 0 in 2002. The data has a constant trend.

According to the data from the years 2002 - 2017 the average number of fire-related casualties per year is 1. The highest number of reported casualties - 7 took place in 2004, and the lowest - 0 in 2006. The data has a declining trend. The average number of casualties per 1,000 fires is 8. This indicator was the highest - 56 in 2004, and the lowest 0 in 2006. The trend for casualties per 1,000 fire incidents is declining. Compared to the state value the number of injuries per 1,000 fire incidents is lower.



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

Marshalltown:	7.8
Grinnell:	20.3
Newton:	18.9
Nevada:	18.1
Ames:	8.5

26.9% incidents where reported in the morning and 73.1% in the evening. The most fires (18.5%) took place on Sunday, and the least (11.8%) on Thursday.
Based on the 2,309 incident reports from years 2002 - 2017 most fires (12.3%) took place during April, and the least (4.9%) in February.
Out of all 11,796 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2017, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (60.6%), Fire (19.6%), and Hazardous Condition (6.7%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Marshalltown, IA
• 7,15460.6%Rescue & EMS
• 2,30919.6%Fire
• 7866.7%Hazardous Condition
• 6205.3%Good Intent Call
• 5584.7%False Alarm
• 3292.8%Service Call
• 190.2%Overpressure Rupture
• 180.2%Special Incident
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Outside Fires (66.2%), and Structure Fires (17.8%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Marshalltown, IA
• 1,52966.2%Outside Fires
• 41017.8%Structure Fires
• 25711.1%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 1134.9%Other