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Olathe: Fire Incidents, Kansas (KS)

2002 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents

Based on the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire incidents per year is 305. The highest number of fires - 397 took place in 2003, and the least - 190 in 2009. The data has a decreasing trend.


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

Olathe:	21.1
Lenexa:	30.4
Overland Park:	21.0
Gardner:	33.9
Shawnee:	23.6
Spring Hill:	96.7
Leawood:	17.8
De Soto:	36.4
Merriam:	38.7

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

Olathe:	5 minutes
Lenexa:	5 minutes
Overland Park:	6 minutes
Gardner:	6 minutes
Shawnee:	6 minutes
Spring Hill:	7 minutes
Leawood:	5 minutes
Merriam:	5 minutes
Bonner Springs:	8 minutes

According to the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly deaths is 1. The highest number of deaths - 7 took place in 2004, and the lowest - 0 in 2002. The data has a growing trend. The average number of fatalities per 1,000 fires is 3. This indicator was the highest - 22 in 2004, and the lowest 0 in 2002. The trend for fatalities per 1,000 incidents is growing. Compared to the Kansas value the number of fatalities per 1,000 fires is higher.


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

Olathe:	2.9
Lenexa:	2.4
Overland Park:	3.3
Kansas City:	4.0
Lawrence:	0.5

Based on the reports from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related casualties per year is 5. The highest number of casualties - 12 took place in 2009, and the lowest - 0 in 2013. The data has a dropping trend. The average number of casualties per 1,000 fire incidents is 18. This indicator was the highest - 63 in 2009, and the lowest 0 in 2013. The trend for injuries per 1,000 fire incidents is declining. Compared to the state value the number of injuries per 1,000 incidents is higher.



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

Olathe:	17.6
Lenexa:	17.0
Overland Park:	25.7
Gardner:	6.3
Shawnee:	18.6
Spring Hill:	14.0
Leawood:	8.3
Merriam:	9.6
Bonner Springs:	5.5

30.5% incidents where reported in the morning and 69.5% in the evening. The most fires (15.5%) took place on Saturday, and the least (13.2%) on Wednesday.
Based on the 5,182 incident reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (11.2%) took place during March, and the least (6.0%) in September.
Out of all 65,899 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (55.2%), Good Intent Call (10.9%), and Hazardous Condition (9.6%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Olathe, KS
• 36,37855.2%Rescue & EMS
• 7,20210.9%Good Intent Call
• 6,3439.6%Hazardous Condition
• 5,4858.3%False Alarm
• 5,1827.9%Fire
• 4,9607.5%Service Call
• 1790.3%Special Incident
• 1090.2%Overpressure Rupture
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Outside Fires (42.3%), and Structure Fires (39.4%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Olathe, KS
• 2,19142.3%Outside Fires
• 2,04139.4%Structure Fires
• 90317.4%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 470.9%Other