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Oskaloosa: Fire Incidents, Iowa (IA)

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

According to the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire incidents per year is 62. The highest number of reported fire incidents - 89 took place in 2005, and the least - 12 in 2018. The data has a dropping trend.


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

Oskaloosa:	40.1
Pella:	33.2
Ottumwa:	101.5
Knoxville:	24.8
Grinnell:	52.2
Newton:	20.7

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

Oskaloosa:	5 minutes
Pella:	9 minutes
Ottumwa:	4 minutes
Grinnell:	5 minutes
Newton:	7 minutes

Based on the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related yearly deaths is 0. The highest number of reported deaths - 2 took place in 2006, and the lowest - 0 in 2002. The data has a constant trend.

According to the reports from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire-related casualties per year is 1. The highest number of reported injuries - 3 took place in 2017, and the lowest - 0 in 2002. The data has a constant trend. The average number of injuries per 1,000 fire incidents is 8. This indicator was the highest - 47 in 2017, and the lowest 0 in 2002. The trend for injuries per 1,000 fire incidents is constant. Compared to the state value the number of injuries per 1,000 fires is about the same.



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

Oskaloosa:	8.5
Pella:	0.0
Ottumwa:	9.6
Grinnell:	20.3
Newton:	18.9

32.5% incidents where reported in the morning and 67.5% in the evening. The most fires (16.1%) took place on Tuesday, and the least (12.5%) on Friday.
According to the 1,054 fire incident reports from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (14.9%) took place during April, and the least (6.3%) in January.
Out of all 3,771 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Hazardous Condition (31.6%), Fire (28.0%), and Service Call (18.5%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Oskaloosa, IA
• 1,19131.6%Hazardous Condition
• 1,05428.0%Fire
• 69718.5%Service Call
• 2747.3%False Alarm
• 2707.2%Good Intent Call
• 1945.1%Rescue & EMS
• 581.5%Severe Weather
• 210.6%Special Incident
• 120.3%Overpressure Rupture
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Outside Fires (37.5%), and Structure Fires (30.3%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Oskaloosa, IA
• 39537.5%Outside Fires
• 31930.3%Structure Fires
• 18817.8%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 15214.4%Other