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Minot: Fire Incidents, North Dakota (ND)

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 155. The highest number of reported fire incidents - 250 took place in 2012, and the least - 73 in 2017. The data has a decreasing trend.


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

Minot:

24.4

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 6 minutes. This is lower than the state median value.


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

Minot:	6 minutes
New Town:	10 minutes

According to the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related fatalities per year is 0. The highest number of reported deaths - 1 took place in 2002, and the lowest - 0 in 2003. The data has a dropping trend. The average number of deaths per 1,000 fires is 1. This indicator was the highest - 8 in 2007, and the lowest 0 in 2003. The trend for fatalities per 1,000 incidents is dropping. Compared to the state value the number of deaths per 1,000 incidents is lower.


Deaths per 1,000 incidents in Minot, ND compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for all years, including only cities with at least 2,500 fire incidents)

Minot:

1.1

According to the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly casualties is 1. The highest number of reported casualties - 3 took place in 2002, and the lowest - 0 in 2005. The data has a dropping trend. The average number of injuries per 1,000 fires is 3. This indicator was the highest - 19 in 2010, and the lowest 0 in 2005. The trend for casualties per 1,000 fires is declining. Compared to the North Dakota value the number of injuries per 1,000 incidents is lower.



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

Minot:	3.4
New Town:	1.9

29.3% incidents where reported in the morning and 70.7% in the evening. The most fires (15.8%) took place on Sunday, and the least (12.7%) on Thursday.
Based on the 2,643 fire incident reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (12.9%) took place during July, and the least (5.3%) in February.
Out of all 7,401 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Fire (35.7%), Hazardous Condition (28.4%), and False Alarm (17.3%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Minot, ND
• 2,64335.7%Fire
• 2,10428.4%Hazardous Condition
• 1,28417.3%False Alarm
• 5647.6%Good Intent Call
• 4476.0%Service Call
• 3024.1%Rescue & EMS
• 280.4%Overpressure Rupture
• 280.4%Special Incident
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Outside Fires (43.3%), and Structure Fires (34.8%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Minot, ND
• 1,14543.3%Outside Fires
• 91934.8%Structure Fires
• 51219.4%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 672.5%Other