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Mineral Point: Fire Incidents, Missouri (MO)

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 42. The highest number of fires - 62 took place in 2006, and the least - 14 in 2002. The data has an increasing trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 10 minutes. This is higher compared to the state median value.


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

Mineral Point:	10 minutes
Potosi:	13 minutes
Irondale:	11 minutes
Bonne Terre:	11 minutes
Bismarck:	9 minutes
Park Hills:	10 minutes
De Soto:	10 minutes
Doe Run:	13 minutes
Farmington:	9 minutes

29.9% incidents where reported in the morning and 70.1% in the evening. The most fires (15.9%) took place on Saturday, and the least (11.8%) on Wednesday.
Based on the 710 fire incidents from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (15.5%) took place during March, and the least (3.1%) in June.
Out of all 1,160 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Fire (61.2%), Rescue & EMS (15.5%), and Overpressure Rupture (12.7%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Mineral Point, MO
• 71061.2%Fire
• 18015.5%Hazardous Condition
• 14712.7%Rescue & EMS
• 847.2%Good Intent Call
• 181.6%Service Call
• 181.6%False Alarm
• 30.3%Special Incident
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Outside Fires (40.1%), and Structure Fires (37.2%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Mineral Point, MO
• 28540.1%Outside Fires
• 26437.2%Structure Fires
• 9012.7%Other
• 7110.0%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires