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O'Fallon: Fire Incidents, Missouri (MO)

2002 - 2011 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents

Based on the data from the years 2002 - 2011 the average number of fires per year is 190. The highest number of fire incidents - 333 took place in 2002, and the least - 97 in 2009. The data has a dropping trend.

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


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

O'Fallon:	5 minutes
St. Peters:	6 minutes
Wentzville:	8 minutes
St. Charles:	6 minutes
Chesterfield:	6 minutes
Wildwood:	6 minutes
Ellisville:	4 minutes
Maryland Heights:	5 minutes
Winfield:	10 minutes

Based on the reports from the years 2002 - 2011 the average number of fire-related yearly casualties is 4. The highest number of reported injuries - 10 took place in 2005, and the lowest - 1 in 2006. The data has a growing trend. The average number of casualties per 1,000 fires is 25. This indicator was the highest - 51 in 2011, and the lowest 5 in 2006. The trend for casualties per 1,000 fires is growing. Compared to the state value the number of casualties per 1,000 fires is much higher.



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

O'Fallon:	22.6
St. Peters:	9.4
Wentzville:	12.7
St. Charles:	8.3
Chesterfield:	7.0
Wildwood:	4.2
Ellisville:	12.1
Maryland Heights:	4.0
Winfield:	5.6

31.2% incidents where reported in the morning and 68.8% in the evening. The most fires (17.8%) took place on Sunday, and the least (12.6%) on Tuesday.
Based on the 1,901 fire incident reports from years 2002 - 2011 most fires (10.2%) took place during April, and the least (6.8%) in May.
Out of all 9,294 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2011, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (31.4%), Hazardous Condition (22.8%), and Fire (20.5%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in O`Fallon, MO
• 2,91731.4%Rescue & EMS
• 2,11822.8%Hazardous Condition
• 1,90120.5%Fire
• 94210.1%Good Intent Call
• 7478.0%False Alarm
• 6146.6%Service Call
• 320.3%Overpressure Rupture
• 210.2%Severe Weather
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Structure Fires (44.7%), and Outside Fires (37.7%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in O`Fallon, MO
• 85044.7%Structure Fires
• 71637.7%Outside Fires
• 31716.7%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 180.9%Other