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Osceola: Fire Incidents, Indiana (IN)

2003 - 2017 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents

Based on the data from the years 2003 - 2017 the average number of fires per year is 45. The highest number of fire incidents - 82 took place in 2012, and the least - 19 in 2014. The data has a growing trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 9 minutes. This is higher than the Indiana median value.


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

Osceola:	9 minutes
Mishawaka:	5 minutes
Elkhart:	6 minutes
Granger:	6 minutes
Notre Dame:	2 minutes
South Bend:	5 minutes
Goshen:	6 minutes
Nappanee:	6 minutes
Middlebury:	8 minutes

35.2% incidents where reported in the morning and 64.8% in the evening. The most fires (19.6%) took place on Saturday, and the least (10.8%) on Wednesday.
According to the 684 fire incidents from years 2003 - 2017 most fires (13.7%) took place during April, and the least (4.8%) in September.
Out of all 2,808 cases reported during the years 2003 - 2017, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (51.4%), Fire (24.4%), and Hazardous Condition (9.3%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Osceola, IN
• 1,44451.4%Rescue & EMS
• 68424.4%Fire
• 2619.3%Hazardous Condition
• 2268.0%Good Intent Call
• 1304.6%Service Call
• 592.1%False Alarm
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Structure Fires (51.0%), and Outside Fires (33.6%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Osceola, IN
• 34951.0%Structure Fires
• 23033.6%Outside Fires
• 679.8%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 385.6%Other