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Pierceton: Fire Incidents, Indiana (IN)

2002 - 2017 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents

According to the data from the years 2002 - 2017 the average number of fires per year is 45. The highest number of reported fire incidents - 95 took place in 2009, and the least - 1 in 2014. The data has a declining trend.

The median response time based on all reported fire incidents is 7 minutes. This is close to the state median value.


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

Pierceton:	7 minutes
Warsaw:	5 minutes
Columbia City:	7 minutes
North Manchester:	6 minutes
Syracuse:	7 minutes
Ligonier:	8 minutes
Albion:	10 minutes
Nappanee:	6 minutes
Huntington:	4 minutes

31.3% incidents where reported in the morning and 68.7% in the evening. The most fires (18.4%) took place on Sunday, and the least (11.9%) on Friday.
Based on the 713 incident reports from years 2002 - 2017 most fires (13.7%) took place during March, and the least (3.9%) in December.
Out of all 1,641 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2017, the most belonged to the categories: Fire (43.4%), Rescue & EMS (28.3%), and Hazardous Condition (9.4%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Pierceton, IN
• 71343.4%Fire
• 46528.3%Rescue & EMS
• 1559.4%Hazardous Condition
• 1408.5%Good Intent Call
• 633.8%Service Call
• 633.8%Special Incident
• 342.1%False Alarm
• 60.4%Severe Weather
• 20.1%Overpressure Rupture
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Outside Fires (32.3%), and Structure Fires (27.9%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Pierceton, IN
• 23032.3%Outside Fires
• 19927.9%Structure Fires
• 19427.2%Other
• 9012.6%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires