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Mason City: 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 86. The highest number of fire incidents - 135 took place in 2002, and the least - 5 in 2010. The data has a decreasing trend.


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

Mason City:	26.2
Clear Lake:	38.4
Charles City:	39.5

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

Mason City:	5 minutes
Clear Lake:	8 minutes
Charles City:	4 minutes

Based on the data from the years 2002 - 2017 the average number of fire-related yearly deaths is 1. The highest number of reported deaths - 3 took place in 2007, and the lowest - 0 in 2003. The data has a declining trend.

Based on the data from the years 2002 - 2017 the average number of fire-related casualties per year is 2. The highest number of injuries - 5 took place in 2017, and the lowest - 0 in 2003. The data has an increasing trend. The average number of injuries per 1,000 fire incidents is 22. This indicator was the highest - 63 in 2017, and the lowest 0 in 2003. The trend for injuries per 1,000 incidents is rising. Compared to the Iowa value the number of casualties per 1,000 fires is much higher.



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

Mason City:	21.7
Clear Lake:	17.2
Charles City:	11.1

37.1% incidents where reported in the morning and 62.9% in the evening. The most fires (15.9%) took place on Wednesday, and the least (13.4%) on Thursday.
According to the 1,381 reports from years 2002 - 2017 most fires (11.4%) took place during August, and the least (6.3%) in December.
Out of all 17,874 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2017, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (64.7%), Good Intent Call (8.5%), and Fire (7.7%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Mason City, IA
• 11,56764.7%Rescue & EMS
• 1,5268.5%Good Intent Call
• 1,3817.7%Fire
• 1,2206.8%Hazardous Condition
• 1,1216.3%Service Call
• 1,0015.6%False Alarm
• 230.1%Overpressure Rupture
• 190.1%Severe Weather
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Structure Fires (45.0%), and Outside Fires (33.6%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Mason City, IA
• 62245.0%Structure Fires
• 46433.6%Outside Fires
• 26419.1%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 312.2%Other